Helpless

/ˈhɛlplɪs/

Synonyms for "helpless" (105 found)

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Closest matches (21)

Adjective(3 words)

abandoned aidlessat seaback baffledbare handedbare-handed bewildered blank blindblind drunkblotto confounded confused crippled debilitated defenseless dependent

Strong matches (32)

Adjective(4 words)

dependent impotent ineffectual lost

deserted desolate disabled enervated enfeebled exhausted faint fatherless feeble forlorn forsaken friendless godforsaken guardless guideless homeless impotent incapable incompetent inefficient

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inept infirm kithless lame leaderless motherless muddled mystified

Related words (52)

nonplussed outout coldoutcast overcome paralyzedpassed outperplexed pregnable prostrate spent stiff stoned unarmed unarmored unattended unavailing uncovered undefendedunder the table

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unfit unfortified unfriended ungarrisoned unguarded unprotected unqualified unscreened unsheltered unshielded unsuspecting untenable unwarned unwatched useless vulnerable weak weakened weaponlessworn outworthless

Adjective(10 words)

passivitypolitical impotencepowerless powerlessness resignationthe dependentthe needythe vulnerableunpoweredvulnerable person

Determiner(1 words)

the powerless

Related word relations

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6 relation types

More general

8 entries

cognitive statecondition constraint inability people personpsychological statestate

More specific

16 entries

disabled personeconomically helplesselderly personemotionally helplessfinancially helplessfrail elderinstitutionally helplesslearned helplessnessperceived helplessnessphysically helplesssick personthe dependentthe disabledthe elderlythe homelessthe poor

Collocations

9 entries

helpless bystanderhelpless childrenhelpless dependentshelpless situationhelpless statehelpless victimshelplessnessstate of helplessnessthe helpless

Inflections

3 entries

more helplessmost helplessthe helpless

Derivations

2 entries

helplessly helplessness

similar

3 entries

dependent hopeless powerless

Sample sentences

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Tatoeba + Wiktionary

The child is helpless in his rage.

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How lonely and helpless she must feel left all by herself!

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Without him, I would be helpless.

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Tom felt completely helpless.

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