Synonyms for impotence
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Noun
1. Powerlessness — powerlessness; incapacity
powerlessness, helplessness, weakness, feebleness, frailty, impotency dated
Definitions
- n. 1
Powerlessness; incapacity.
Near-synonyms: weakness, helplessness
Related words
- Word family
- impotent
Forms
- Plural
- impotences → powerlessnesses, helplessnesses, weaknesses, feeblenesses…
Example sentences
- weakness You should not take advantage of others' weakness.
- helplessness His helplessness appeals to her motherly sympathy.
- powerlessness If knowledge is power, ignorance is powerlessness.
- incompetence We lost the case due to the lawyer's incompetence.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| impotence | steady | |
| weakness | rising | |
| helplessness | rising | |
| powerlessness | rising | |
| feebleness | steady | |
| incompetence | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 7 letters
- frailty2
- 8 letters
- weakness2
- 9 letters
- impotency
- 10 letters
- disability5, feebleness
- 12 letters
- incompetence4, helplessness3, impotentness
- 13 letters
- powerlessness4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (frailty2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- impuissance
- Italiano
- impotenza
- Català
- impotència