Need another word that means the same as “mortality”? Find 13 synonyms and 30 related words for “mortality” in this overview.
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The synonyms of “Mortality” are: death rate, deathrate, fatality rate, mortality rate, impermanence, temporality, transience, ephemerality, impermanency, perishability, death, loss of life, dying
Mortality as a Noun
Definitions of "Mortality" as a noun
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “mortality” as a noun can have the following definitions:
- The number of deaths in a given area or period, or from a particular cause.
- The quality or state of being mortal.
- The ratio of deaths in an area to the population of that area; expressed per 1000 per year.
- The state of being subject to death.
- Death, especially on a large scale.
Synonyms of "Mortality" as a noun (13 Words)
death | The personification of death. The animal died a painful death. |
death rate | The permanent end of all life functions in an organism or part of an organism. |
deathrate | The ratio of deaths in an area to the population of that area; expressed per 1000 per year. |
dying | The time when something ends. A dying of old hopes. |
ephemerality | The property of lasting for a very short time. |
fatality rate | The quality of being able to cause death or fatal disasters. |
impermanence | The property of not existing for indefinitely long durations. She describes the impermanence of human existence. |
impermanency | The property of not existing for indefinitely long durations. |
loss of life | The act of losing someone or something. |
mortality rate | The ratio of deaths in an area to the population of that area; expressed per 1000 per year. |
perishability | Food that will decay rapidly if not refrigerated. |
temporality | A secular possession, especially the properties and revenues of a religious body or a member of the clergy. Like spatial position temporality is an intrinsic property of the object. |
transience | The state or fact of lasting only for a short time; transitoriness. The transience of life and happiness. |
Usage Examples of "Mortality" as a noun
- Post-operative mortality was 90 per cent for some operations.
- The causes of mortality among infants and young children.
- The work is increasingly haunted by thoughts of mortality.
Associations of "Mortality" (30 Words)
avoid | Prevent from happening. Avoid excessive exposure to the sun. |
brevity | The use of brief expressions. The brevity of human life. |
casualty | A decrease of military personnel or equipment. He went to casualty to have a cut stitched. |
conciseness | Terseness and economy in writing and speaking achieved by expressing a great deal in just a few words. |
death | The personification of death. The animal died a painful death. |
decease | The event of dying or departure from life. He held the post until his untimely decease in 1991. |
deceased | The recently dead person in question. The deceased man s family. |
demise | Transmit (a sovereign’s title) by death or abdication. Mr Grisenthwaite s tragic demise. |
die | Cut or shape with a die. The fire had died and the room was cold. |
euthanasia | The act of killing someone painlessly (especially someone suffering from an incurable illness. |
expiry | The end of a fixed period of time. The expiry of the six month period. |
finis | The concluding part of any performance. The market was up at the finish. |
infant | Denoting something in an early stage of its development. Their first year at infant school. |
intestacy | The situation of being or dying without a legally valid will. |
intestate | Having made no legally valid will before death or not disposed of by a legal will. He died intestate. |
mortuary | Of or relating to or characteristic of death. Mortuary rituals. |
neonatal | Relating to or affecting the infant during the first month after birth. Special attention is given to mortality in the neonatal period. |
perish | (of rubber, food, etc.) lose its normal qualities; rot or decay. An abandoned tyre whose rubber had perished. |
pithiness | Terseness and economy in writing and speaking achieved by expressing a great deal in just a few words. |
quietus | Something that has a calming or soothing effect. |
remembrance | The ability to recall past occurrences. A flash of remembrance passed between them. |
rip | The act of rending or ripping or splitting something. The skirt of her frock ripped. |
sepulchral | Relating to a tomb or interment. Hollow sepulchral tones. |
stillborn | Showing no signs of life at birth; not liveborn. One of the twins was stillborn. |
succinctness | Terseness and economy in writing and speaking achieved by expressing a great deal in just a few words. |
temporary | A worker especially in an office hired on a temporary basis. A temporary job. |
testator | A person who makes a will. |
transience | An impermanence that suggests the inevitability of ending or dying. The transience of life and happiness. |
transient | Lasting a very short time. Transient laborers. |
widowed | Single because of death of the spouse. Her widowed mother. |