immortality
Living without end
Immortality is the condition of living forever, exempt from death.
In religious and mythological contexts, immortality is often attributed to gods, angels, and souls that persist after bodily death.
More loosely, immortality describes enduring fame or legacy: Shakespeare achieved immortality through his plays.
The word also appears in discussions of biological aging, where scientists study cellular immortality—the ability of certain cells to divide indefinitely without deteriorating.
Boundless temporal existence
- everlastingLasting for all time
- timelessUnaffected by eras
- perpetuityInfinite continuation of time
- infinityUnlimited extent or quantity
endless · unending · deathless · undying · imperishable · indestructible · boundless · limitless
Mythical healing draught
- ambrosiaGods' immortality-granting food
- phoenixSelf-immolating, regenerating bird
- fountain of youthRestorative source of youthfulness
- Shangri-LaFictional Himalayan utopia
Avalon · philosopher's stone · nectar · grail · alchemy · legend · folklore · Gilgamesh
Innermost animating essence
- reincarnationSoul's rebirth after death
- afterlifeExistence beyond mortality
- transmigrationSoul passing into another body
- resurrectionRevival from death
rebirth · transcendence · ascension · enlightenment · nirvana · moksha · salvation · liberation
Deliverance from harm
- redemptionRecovery or moral restoration
- theologyStudy of the divine
- heavenSky or bliss
- paradiseIdeal, blissful place
damnation · faith · divine · eternal life · resurrection · rapture · righteousness · grace
Worshipped supernatural being
- divinitySacred nature or nougat-like sweet
- godsSupernatural beings worshipped
- goddessesDivine feminine beings
- pantheonAll gods of a religion
Olympians · Zeus · Athena · Vishnu · Thor · Ra · Shiva · Odin
Act of holding something in mind
- heritageInherited cultural legacy
- descendantsThose who come after
- lineageDescent from progenitors
- posterityFuture generations collectively
memorial · monument · tribute · fame · renown · glory · legend · influence
Blood-drinking undead creature
- DraculaLegendary Transylvanian vampire
- Nosferatu1922 German vampire film
- undeadDeceased yet animate
- bloodlustDesire to kill
fangs · coffin · lich · revenant · cursed · eternal youth · night · transformation
Duration of existence
- anti-agingCounteracting effects of time
- regenerationBiological self-repair process
- telomeresProtective chromosome termini
- cryonicsFreezing bodies for revival
life extension · senescence · rejuvenation · vitality · preservation · genetics · transhumanism · singularity
eternity
Boundless temporal existence
- everlastingLasting for all time
- timelessUnaffected by eras
- perpetuityInfinite continuation of time
infinity · endless · unending · deathless · undying · imperishable · indestructible · boundless · limitless · infinite
elixir
Mythical healing draught
- ambrosiaGods' immortality-granting food
- phoenixSelf-immolating, regenerating bird
- fountain of youthRestorative source of youthfulness
Shangri-La · Avalon · philosopher's stone · nectar · grail · alchemy · legend · folklore · Gilgamesh · Methuselah
soul
Innermost animating essence
- reincarnationSoul's rebirth after death
- afterlifeExistence beyond mortality
- transmigrationSoul passing into another body
resurrection · rebirth · transcendence · ascension · enlightenment · nirvana · moksha · salvation · liberation · awakening
salvation
Deliverance from harm
- redemptionRecovery or moral restoration
- theologyStudy of the divine
- heavenSky or bliss
paradise · damnation · faith · divine · eternal life · resurrection · rapture · righteousness · grace · sacred
deity
Worshipped supernatural being
- divinitySacred nature or nougat-like sweet
- godsSupernatural beings worshipped
- goddessesDivine feminine beings
pantheon · Olympians · Zeus · Athena · Vishnu · Thor · Ra · Shiva · Odin · Amaterasu
remembrance
Act of holding something in mind
- heritageInherited cultural legacy
- descendantsThose who come after
- lineageDescent from progenitors
posterity · memorial · monument · tribute · fame · renown · glory · legend · influence · contribution
vampire
Blood-drinking undead creature
bloodlust · fangs · coffin · lich · revenant · cursed · eternal youth · night · transformation · supernatural
longevity
Duration of existence
- anti-agingCounteracting effects of time
- regenerationBiological self-repair process
- telomeresProtective chromosome termini
cryonics · life extension · senescence · rejuvenation · vitality · preservation · genetics · transhumanism · singularity · uploading
- mythologyZeus, Apollo, Athena, Poseidon, Odin
- mythsmyth, legend, fable, fairy tale, folk tale
- Vampiresvampire, vampires, vampirism, fangs, coffin
- immortalityeternal life, everlasting life, deathlessness, deathless, agelessness
- mythical powersshapeshifting, telepathy, teleportation, invisibility, flight
- supernatural powerstelekinesis, telepathy, teleportation, levitation, invisibility
immortalitymortality
State of eventual death
death · finitude · transience · impermanence · brevity of life
immortalitymortality
State of eventual death
death · dying · perishability · vulnerability · destructibility
immortalityoblivion
Complete erasure from memory
anonymity · obscurity · namelessness · insignificance · forgottenness
- digital immortalityPerpetual existence via technology
immortalize, immortalized, immortalizing, immortalizes, immortalities, immortalization