Synonyms of mortality

mortality

noun

as in death

the death especially of large numbers of people or animals

Tuberculosis was a leading cause of mortality back then.

Related Words

• death
• homicide
• murder
• dead
• grave
• nothingness
• sleep
• bloodshed
• deadness
• manslaughter
• killing
• lifelessness
• slaying
• genocide
• execution
• bloodletting
• foul play
• assassination
• pogrom
• slaughter
• carnage
• holocaust
• butchery
• bloodbath

Dissimilar Words

• immortality
• lifetime
• living
• life
• existence
• lifespan

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of mortality

Sir Patrick Stewart was not afraid to joke about his own mortality. — Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 29 Oct. 2026

Since before the civil war, which decimated over 450 Maya villages, Indigenous communities have continuously struggled through structural poverty, colonial genocide, and high child mortality. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 27 Oct. 2026

The show culminated in a voluminous black tulle cocoon, its shroud-like silhouette reinforcing the collection’s meditation on mortality. — Livia Caligor, Vogue, 27 Oct. 2026

Even realists who recognize their mortality tend to avoid talking about it because death is a downer. — Christina Wing, Fortune, 27 Oct. 2026