Meanings
- not comparableNot susceptible to death; living forever; never dying.
- not comparableConnected with or relating to immortality.
I have immortal longings in me.
c. 1606–1607 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Anthonie and Cleopatra”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene ii] - not comparableobsoleteExceedingly great; excessive; grievous.
immortal and mercyless butchery
1603, John Hayward, The Right of Succession Asserted
plural immortals
- One who is not susceptible to death.
The brutal insouciance of her fellow immortals — whether her sharp-tongued mother, Perse; or chilly Hermes; or righteous Athena enraged — proves increasingly alien to this thoughtful and compassionate woman who learns to love unselfishly.
2018 May 28, Claire Messud, “Turning Circe Into a Good Witch”, in The New York Times - A preeminent or exemplary person or thing; a paragon.
- board gamesA game of chess of especially high quality and entertainment, regarded as one of the best in history.
Anand's Immortal
- A member of an elite regiment of the Persian army.
- A member of the Académie française.
- InternetAn administrator of a multi-user dungeon.
Tazmania/Middle Sphere is in need of builders, admin, and immortals. […] Immortals do not need experiance^([sic]).
1999, Corey Crawford, “RECRUITING: [circle] Tazmania/Middle Sphere: Admin, Builders, Immortals”, in rec.games.mud.announce (Usenet)
Synonyms & antonyms
More synonyms by meaning
nounany supernatural being worshipped as controlling some part of the world or some aspect of life or who is the personification of a force
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Old Persian*anūšiya-“companion, royal bodyguard”
- Old Persian*anauša-“immortal, without death”
- Ancient Greekἀθάνατος
- Latinimmortālis
- Englishimmortal
From Latin immortālis, from prefix im- (“not”) (from in-) + mortālis (“mortal”) (from mors (“death”), combining form mort- + adjectival suffix -alis), equivalent to im- + mortal. Displaced native undeadly, from Old English undēadlīċ. The term referring to the Persian soldiers was a Calque of Ancient Greek ἀθάνατος (athánatos). One suggestion claimed that "Immortals" were named by the ancient Greeks because wounded soldiers were quickly replaced, while another claimed that it was because Greek informants confused Old Persian *anauša- (“immortal, without death”) with Old Persian *anūšiya- (“companion, royal bodyguard”).
More words from Latin, Ancient Greek, Old Persian
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Ancient Greek ἀθάνατος, ἄμβροτος
- ἀθάνατος (athánatos)not susceptible to death
- ἄμβροτος (ámbrotos)not susceptible to death
Arabic خَالِد
- خَالِد (ḵālid)not susceptible to death
Bulgarian безсмъ́ртен
- безсмъ́ртен (bezsmắrten)not susceptible to death
Catalan immortal
- immortalnot susceptible to death
Chinese Mandarin 不朽的, 不朽的
- 不朽的 (bùxiǔ de)not susceptible to death
- 不朽的 (bùxiǔ de)never to be forgotten
- 流芳百世的 (liúfāngbǎishì de)never to be forgotten
- 神仙 (shénxiān)one that is not susceptible to death
Czech nesmrtelný
- nesmrtelnýnot susceptible to death
Danish udødelig
- udødelignot susceptible to death
Dutch onsterfelijk, ondoodbaar
- onsterfelijknot susceptible to death
- ondoodbaarnot susceptible to death
Esperanto senmorta, senmortulo
- senmortanot susceptible to death
- senmortuloone that is not susceptible to death
Estonian surematu
- surematunot susceptible to death
Finnish kuolematon, kuolematon
- kuolematonnot susceptible to death
- kuolematonnever to be forgotten
- kuolematonone that is not susceptible to death
French immortel, inoubliable
- immortelnot susceptible to death
- inoubliablenever to be forgotten
- immortelone that is not susceptible to death
German unsterblich, unvergesslich
- unsterblichnot susceptible to death
- unvergesslichnever to be forgotten
Greek αθάνατος, αθάνατος
- αθάνατος (athánatos)not susceptible to death
- αθάνατος (athánatos)one that is not susceptible to death
Hindi अमर, शाश्वत
- अमर (amar)not susceptible to death
- शाश्वत (śāśvat)not susceptible to death
- अक्षय (akṣay)not susceptible to death
- अमिट (amiṭ)never to be forgotten
- अविनाशी (avināśī)never to be forgotten
- अमर (amar)one that is not susceptible to death
Hungarian halhatatlan, halhatatlan
- halhatatlannot susceptible to death
- halhatatlannever to be forgotten
- halhatatlanone that is not susceptible to death
Icelandic ódauðlegur
- ódauðlegurnot susceptible to death
Indonesian abadi, amerta
- abadinot susceptible to death
- amertanot susceptible to death
- kekalnot susceptible to death
- tak terlupanever to be forgotten
- terkenangnever to be forgotten
Irish neamhbhásmhar, buan
- neamhbhásmharnot susceptible to death
- buannot susceptible to death
- síoraínot susceptible to death
- bithbheonot susceptible to death
- buanseasmhachnever to be forgotten
Italian immortale, indimenticabile
- immortalenot susceptible to death
- indimenticabilenever to be forgotten
- immortaleone that is not susceptible to death
Japanese 不滅の, 死なない
- 不滅の (fumetsu no)not susceptible to death
- 死なない (shinanai)not susceptible to death
- 潰れない (tsuburenai)not susceptible to death
Korean 불사하다
- 불사하다 (bulsahada)not susceptible to death
Latin immortalis, aeternus
- immortalisnot susceptible to death
- aeternusnot susceptible to death
- aeternusone that is not susceptible to death
- immortalisone that is not susceptible to death
Lithuanian nemirtingas
- nemirtingasnot susceptible to death
Māori mutungakore
- mutungakorenot susceptible to death
Norwegian udødelig
- udødelignot susceptible to death
Persian نامیرا, نوش
- نامیرا (nâmirâ)not susceptible to death
- نوش (nuš)not susceptible to death
- جاویدان (jâvidân)one that is not susceptible to death
Polish nieśmiertelny
- nieśmiertelnynot susceptible to death
Portuguese imortal, inesquecível
- imortalnot susceptible to death
- inesquecívelnever to be forgotten
- imortalnever to be forgotten
- imortalone that is not susceptible to death
Romanian nemuritor, imortal
- nemuritornot susceptible to death
- imortalnot susceptible to death
- nemuritorone that is not susceptible to death
- nemuritoareone that is not susceptible to death
Russian бессме́ртный, бессме́ртный
- бессме́ртный (bessmértnyj)not susceptible to death
- бессме́ртный (bessmértnyj)never to be forgotten
- бессме́ртный (bessmértnyj)one that is not susceptible to death
Slovak nesmrteľný
- nesmrteľnýnot susceptible to death
Spanish inmortal, inmortal
- inmortalnot susceptible to death
- inmortalone that is not susceptible to death
Swahili asiyekufa
- asiyekufaone that is not susceptible to death
Swedish odödlig
- odödlignot susceptible to death
Turkish ölümsüz, unutulmaz
- ölümsüznot susceptible to death
- unutulmaznever to be forgotten
- akıllardan silinmeyennever to be forgotten
- ölümsüzone that is not susceptible to death
Ukrainian безсме́ртний, безсме́ртний
- безсме́ртний (bezsmértnyj)not susceptible to death
- безсме́ртний (bezsmértnyj)one that is not susceptible to death
Vietnamese bất tử, bất diệt
- bất tửnot susceptible to death
- bất diệtnot susceptible to death
- sống mãinot susceptible to death
- bất hủnever to be forgotten
- bất tửone that is not susceptible to death
- thần tiênone that is not susceptible to death
Rhymes & wordplay
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immortal. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/immortal
“immortal.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/immortal. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “immortal,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/immortal.
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