mortal

1. 1.

   a human being

   “there was too much for one person to do”

   Synonymspersonindividualsomeonesomebodysoul

   Broaderorganismcausal agent

   Narrowerselfadultadventureranomalyanachronismapplicantappointeecapitalistcaptorchanger

   Part ofpeople

   Partspersonalityhuman body

Other forms of mortal

plural

mortals·

comparative

mortaller·

superlative

mortallest·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about mortal

What does mortal mean?

mortal means "subject to death". That is the primary sense; the word has 5 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in mortal?

mortal has 2 syllables: mor-tal. The stress falls on "mor". In IPA it is /ˈmɔɹtəl/.

What is another word for mortal?

Close synonyms include deadly, deadly, deathly, person, individual. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of mortal?

The recorded antonyms are immortal.

Is mortal a common word?

mortal is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with mortal?

1 word rhymes with mortal. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.