Synonyms for powerless
- adjective
Most common
unable helpless impotent ineffectual vulnerable feeble forsaken incapacitated
All synonyms
Adjective
Definitions
- adj. 1
Lacking sufficient power or strength.
Related words
- Word family
- powerlessness
Example sentences
- unable We are sorry we are unable to accept your request.
- helpless Ivan was lying on the floor, injured and helpless.
- impotent "Your army is impotent against mine!!" he laughed.
- ineffectual My efforts seemed ineffectual.
- vulnerable Giraffes are especially vulnerable while drinking.
- feeble The feeble patient is suffering from stomach cancer.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| powerless | rising | |
| unable | steady | |
| helpless | rising | |
| impotent | steady | |
| ineffectual | steady | |
| vulnerable | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- weak1
- 6 letters
- unable3, feeble2, infirm2, effete2
- 7 letters
- languid2
- 8 letters
- helpless2, forsaken3, impotent3
- 9 letters
- nerveless, enervated, mightless
- 10 letters
- vulnerable4, unpowerful
- 11 letters
- ineffective4, ineffectual5
- 12 letters
- strengthless, noneffective
- 13 letters
- incapacitated6
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (unable3 = 3 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- impuissant
- Italiano
- impotente