Immortal

adj.joyful, resilientliterary

Meaning 1

Not subject to death or imagined as living forever.

Reach for it when describing a being or life presented as beyond mortality

The story follows an immortal guardian who watches the forest change.

warm
undying
love, loyalty, or memory is presented as never ending
not when Undying belongs to emotional or figurative praise, not a literal supernatural classification.
formal
eternal
existence outside ordinary time is the intended claim
not when Eternal can describe ideas or conditions that were never alive.
literary
deathless
poetic language should deny death or oblivion
not when Deathless sounds archaic and may distract in factual prose.

Remembered or valued across generations.

Reach for it when giving elevated praise to work or achievement with enduring fame

Her immortal melody survives in hundreds of local variations.

everyday
legendary
renown has grown through memorable stories
not when Legendary allows exaggeration and does not guarantee long-term artistic value.
warm
timeless
continued relevance matters more than literal survival
not when Timeless does not mean famous and should not describe biological immortality.
professional
canonical
a work holds an established place in a tradition
not when Canonical concerns institutional status and can exclude beloved popular work.
formal
imperishable
a work or principle resists decay and loss
not when Imperishable emphasizes durability, not the public fame carried by immortal.

immortal being
The poem addresses the river as an immortal being.
immortal words
Her immortal words were copied onto the restored school wall.
immortal fame
The discovery brought immortal fame, though it began as a modest field note.

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