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Synonyms for helpless
ˈhɛlp lɪshelp·less
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
helpless
Synonyms:
contemptible, despicable, feeble, harmless, powerless, weakAntonyms:
dangerous, formidable, redoubted, terrible, tremendous
Princeton's WordNet
helpless, incapacitatedadjective
lacking in or deprived of strength or power
"lying ill and helpless"; "helpless with laughter"
Synonyms:
lost, incapacitatedAntonyms:
independent, powerful, hopefulhelpless, 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, bewilderedAntonyms:
hopeful, powerful, independenthelplessadjective
unable to manage independently
"as helpless as a baby"
Synonyms:
lost, incapacitatedAntonyms:
powerful, hopeful, independent
Dictionary of English Synonymes
helplessadjective
Synonyms:
weak, feeble, powerless, impotent, imbecile, disabled, infirmhelplessadjective
Synonyms:
exposed, defenceless, unprotectedhelplessadjective
Synonyms:
irremediable, beyond help
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "helpless":
defenceless, powerless, defenseless, impotent, unarmed, harmless, destitute, helplessness
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#1079 | lost | |
#3907 | missed | |
#4981 | weak | |
#6878 | confused | |
#14453 | harmless | |
#19578 | helpless | |
#30704 | powerless | |
#31313 | feeble | |
#35434 | unarmed | |
#38053 | baffled | |
#40280 | preoccupied | |
#41565 | bewildered | |
#43109 | incapacitated | |
#43391 | destitute | |
#47706 | despicable | |
#49426 | confounded | |
#49680 | helplessness | |
#51065 | impotent | |
#61459 | defenseless | |
#66194 | disoriented | |
#69737 | bemused | |
#79651 | contemptible | |
#95677 | befuddled | |
#107376 | defenceless |
How to use helpless in a sentence?
As her sons have seen her: the mother in patriarchy: controlling, erotic, castrating, heart-suffering, guilt-ridden, and guilt-provoking; a marble brow, a huge breast, an avid cave; between her legs snakes, swamp-grass, or teeth; on her lap a helpless infant or a martyred son. She exists for one purpose: to bear and nourish the son.
Our minds would always rather feel guilty than helpless.
I feel helpless because the whole coast is threatened, whats the use of going all the way to Georgia if it can land there?
When human beings feel betrayed and helpless, they either internalize the anger or project it out onto the people around them.
Knowledge is essential to conquest only according to our ignorance are we helpless. Thought creates character. Character can dominate conditions. Will creates circumstances and environment.
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