Synonyms for helpless
- adjective
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Adjective
1. Powerless
powerless, impotent, weak, vulnerable, unable, feeble, incapacitated, infirm, disabled, unprotected
Definitions
- adj. 1
Unable to defend oneself.
Related words
- Word family
- helplessly helplessness
Example sentences
- unable We are sorry we are unable to accept your request.
- vulnerable Giraffes are especially vulnerable while drinking.
- powerless We are not powerless in the face of these threats.
- impotent "Your army is impotent against mine!!" he laughed.
- dependent She is still financially dependent on her parents.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| helpless | rising | |
| unable | steady | |
| vulnerable | rising | |
| powerless | rising | |
| impotent | steady | |
| dependent | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- lost1, weak1
- 6 letters
- unable3, feeble2, infirm2
- 7 letters
- forlorn2
- 8 letters
- disabled3, impotent3, redeless
- 9 letters
- dependent3, powerless3, dependant
- 10 letters
- vulnerable4
- 11 letters
- unprotected4
- 13 letters
- incapacitated6
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (unable3 = 3 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- désemparé
- Español
- desamparado