adj. 1 human; transitory, temporal, transient, ephemeral It finally dawned on him that the king was mortal, like other men 2 physical, bodily, corporeal, corporal, fleshly, earthly, worldly, perishable Her mortal remains are buried at Bognor Regis 3 deadly, fatal, lethal, terminal, destructive, disastrous The admiral lay dying from a mortal wound 4 relentless, implacable, unrelenting, bitter, sworn, deadly, unremitting, unappeasable, unceasing Halifax was the mortal enemy of despotism 5 abject, extreme, awful, great, enormous, intense, terrible, inordinate, dire Giles lived in mortal fear of offending his mother
n. 6 human (being), man, woman, person, soul, individual, creature, earthling The novel depicts a lifestyle far removed from that of ordinary mortals We mortals have nothing to fear from intergalactic aliens.