mortals
Those who perish
Mortals are human beings, especially as distinguished from gods, immortals, or supernatural entities: The gods looked down upon the mortals below.
The term emphasizes human vulnerability and finite lifespan.
In casual use, mortals can humorously contrast ordinary people with those who seem superior: Unlike us mere mortals, she never seems to need sleep.
Homo sapiens members
- peopleHumans as a group
- humankindAll human beings collectively
- mankindCollective term for people
- civilizationAdvanced organized human society
society · individuals · populace · generations · descendants · ancestors · lineage · heritage
Lasting very briefly
- transientTemporary, soon departing
- fleetingPassing very quickly
- perishableProne to decay
- impermanenceQuality of not lasting
dying · decaying · temporal · short-lived · passing · limited · bounded · terminable
Supernatural beings worshipped
- demigodsHalf-mortal, half-divine beings
- heroesAdmired courageous figures
- pantheonAll gods of a religion
- mythsTraditional untrue narratives
legends · epics · fables · folklore · oracles · prophecies · hubris · fate
Relating to land
- worldlyExperienced in practical affairs
- corporealHaving physical existence
- physicalOf body or matter
- materialPhysical matter; pertinent
mundane · earthbound · tangible · fleshly · carnal · profane · secular · grounded
Easily broken or damaged
- susceptibleEasily influenced or harmed
- defenselessWithout means to resist
- exposedOut in open
- weakLacking power or force
delicate · frail · imperiled · endangered · unprotected · helpless · insecure · threatened
humans
Homo sapiens members
civilization · society · individuals · populace · generations · descendants · ancestors · lineage · heritage · masses
ephemeral
Lasting very briefly
- transientTemporary, soon departing
- fleetingPassing very quickly
- perishableProne to decay
impermanence · dying · decaying · temporal · short-lived · passing · limited · bounded · terminable · fragile
gods
Supernatural beings worshipped
- demigodsHalf-mortal, half-divine beings
- heroesAdmired courageous figures
- pantheonAll gods of a religion
myths · legends · epics · fables · folklore · oracles · prophecies · hubris · fate · doom
terrestrial
Relating to land
material · mundane · earthbound · tangible · fleshly · carnal · profane · secular · grounded · embodied
fragile
Easily broken or damaged
- susceptibleEasily influenced or harmed
- defenselessWithout means to resist
- exposedOut in open
weak · delicate · frail · imperiled · endangered · unprotected · helpless · insecure · threatened · at-risk
- Homeric epicsIliad, Odyssey, Homer, Achilles, Odysseus
- beingsbeings, being, entities, entity, creatures
- Greek mythologyZeus, Athena, Apollo, Hera, Poseidon
- classical literature outlinesGreek mythology, Homer, Virgil, Sophocles, Euripides
- life formsorganisms, organism, lifeforms, animal, creatures
- peoplepeople, persons, person, individuals, humans
mortalsimmortals
Beings that cannot perish
eternals · the eternal · vampires · the infinite · liches
mortalsgods
Supernatural beings worshipped
deities · immortals · divinities · celestials · angels
- mortal remainsA deceased person's body
- mortal enemyLethal sworn adversary
- mere mortalRegular person, not godlike
- infant mortality ratesMeasure of newborn deaths
- mortal sinsGravest religious transgressions
- lesser mortalsOrdinary folks, implying superiority
mortal, immortal, immortality, mortality, mortally, immortals, immortally, mortalities