Synonyms for impotence
ˈɪm pə tənsim·po·tence

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1. impotence

   Synonyms:
   awkwardness, dulness, feebleness, helplessness, imbecility, inability, inaptitude, incapacity, incompetence, inefficiency, maladroitness, stupidity, unskilfulness, weakness

   Antonyms:
   ability, aptitude, capability, capacity, cleverness, cogency, competency, dexterity, efficacy, efficiency, energy, expertness, faculty, force, might, power, qualification, readiness, skill, strength, susceptibility, talent

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1. impotence

   Synonyms:
   incapacity, weakness, disqualification, disability

   Antonyms:
   capacity, vigor, ability, qualification

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1. powerlessness, impotence, impotencynoun

   the quality of lacking strength or power; being weak and feeble

   Synonyms:
   powerlessness, impotency

   Antonyms:
   potency, potence

2. impotence, impotencynoun

   an inability (usually of the male animal) to copulate

   Synonyms:
   powerlessness, impotency

   Antonyms:
   potency, potence

Matched Categories

1. • Quality
   • Sterility

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1. impotencenoun

   Synonyms:
   inability, disability, incapacity, incapability, incompetence, inefficiency, weakness, feebleness, imbecility, infirmity, frailty

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1. List of paraphrases for "impotence":

   powerlessness, helplessness, inability, hopelessness, weakness, incompetence

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1. impotence

   Synonyms:
   Astyphia

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1. Richard Achiro:

   What are these men compensating for ? Feelings of impotence in relationships, work life or both ? it’s an underlying behavior men know is problematic, but are unable to change because so few of us men are open to addressing our emotional worlds and sense of inadequacy.

2. Dejan Stojanovic:

   Creators of history always play with our impotence and our ignorance.

3. Johann Kaspar Lavater:

   Airs of importance are the credentials of impotence.

4. Angela Carter:

   Fine art, that exists for itself alone, is art in a final state of impotence. If nobody, including the artist, acknowledges art as a means of knowing the world, then art is relegated to a kind of rumpus room of the mind and the irresponsibility of the artist and the irrelevance of art to actual living becomes part and parcel of the practice of art.

5. Mahatma Gandhi:

   It is better to be violent, if there is violence in our hearts, than to put on the cloak of nonviolence to cover impotence.