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Synonyms for helpless
ˈhɛlp lɪshelp·less

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English Synonyms and Antonyms2.0 / 1 vote

  1. helpless

    Synonyms:
    contemptible, despicable, feeble, harmless, powerless, weak

    Antonyms:
    dangerous, formidable, redoubted, terrible, tremendous

Princeton's WordNet1.0 / 1 vote

  1. helpless, incapacitatedadjective

    lacking in or deprived of strength or power

    "lying ill and helpless"; "helpless with laughter"

    Synonyms:
    lost, incapacitated

    Antonyms:
    independent, powerful, hopeful

  2. helpless, lostadjective

    unable to function; without help

    Synonyms:
    befuddled, lost(p), mixed-up, disoriented, lost, bemused, deep in thought(p), preoccupied, at sea, missed, confused, incapacitated, baffled, confounded, mazed, bewildered

    Antonyms:
    hopeful, powerful, independent

  3. helplessadjective

    unable to manage independently

    "as helpless as a baby"

    Synonyms:
    lost, incapacitated

    Antonyms:
    powerful, hopeful, independent

Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. helplessadjective

    Synonyms:
    weak, feeble, powerless, impotent, imbecile, disabled, infirm

  2. helplessadjective

    Synonyms:
    exposed, defenceless, unprotected

  3. helplessadjective

    Synonyms:
    irremediable, beyond help

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How to use helpless in a sentence?

  1. Phil Davis:

    I don't know why. I don't know why he stopped, but as much as I'm going to try to articulate how traumatizing it is to be hiding under your desk, you don't know until you're there and you feel helpless.

  2. Paul Valéry:

    Latent in every man is a venom of amazing bitterness, a black resentment; something that curses and loathes life, a feeling of being trapped, of having trusted and been fooled, of being the helpless prey of impotent rage, blind surrender, the victim of a savage, ruthless power that gives and takes away, enlists a man, and crowning injury inflicts upon him the humiliation of feeling sorry for himself.

  3. Marcus Yoder:

    Many people in the community feel helpless, but they also realize the power of prayer and the power of our historic theology.

  4. Janice Hahn:

    He was known to walk among the people, he reached out to gang members; he reached out to the homeless; he reached out to the transients. He was the help of the helpless and the hope of the hopeless, and he knew that serving God meant serving man, especially the most vulnerable in our society.

  5. Scott Kelly:

    She was on a ventilator, she looked so helpless...


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