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immortal

immortal

131 6.7
Living forever and never dying
  • adjective
  • /ɪˈmɔrtəl/
translation icon : inmortal
  • Don't miss Charles Dickens' immortal classic, Scrooge.
  • become immortal
  • make immortal
  • immortal life

So, you know, I would love to be immortal for two reasons.

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Examples

  • Yet nothing is truly immortal.

  • Immortal before, immortal after, but mortal now.

  • So, you know, I would love to be immortal for two reasons.

  • Alright, and uh, what makes you immortal?

  • For, as the prophets of old used to say: The memory of virtue is immortal.

  • The garden of immortal peaches promises life only to those who are pure in heart.

    Fiction book (1990)
  • We're not omnipotent, we're not immortal, we're not omniscient.

  • He claims he is immortal, and we are inclined to believe him.

  • Give me my robe, put on my crown, I have immortal longings in me.

  • In many myths, gods are considered immortal as they do not experience death like humans.

Synonyms

everlasting
vsimmortal
39 4.5

Lasting forever without end

means actual living forever rather than seeming to last
deathless
vsimmortal
  • Literature
3 8.2

Not dying and living forever

applies only to living beings that cannot die
undying
vsimmortal
2 5.5

Something that lasts forever and never ends

refers specifically to living beings that cannot die
sempiternal
vsimmortal
  • Literature
9.9

Lasting forever with no known beginning or end

applies to living beings that cannot die, not to timeless existence

Antonyms

147 3.8

Not able to live forever

How Long-Lived

immortal
131 6.7
long-lived
6 3.9
mortal
147 3.8
short-lived
49 3.9

Surface Forms

immortal positive
immortaler comparative
immortalest superlative

Morphology

immortal = mortal (transparent) = im + mortal

Clearly built from the negative prefix 'im-' plus 'mortal'; meaning 'not mortal' is directly derived.

Etymology

The word immortal comes from the parts in- meaning 'not' and mort meaning 'death', the same root you see in mortal, which means 'able to die', so immortal means 'not able to die' or 'living forever'.