Synonyms for helpless
ˈhɛlp lɪshelp·less

English Synonyms and Antonyms(2.00 / 1 vote)Rate these synonyms:

1. helpless

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

   Antonyms:
   dangerous, formidable, redoubted, terrible, tremendous

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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 Synonymes(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

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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1. List of paraphrases for "helpless":

   defenceless, powerless, defenseless, impotent, unarmed, harmless, destitute, helplessness

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How to use helpless in a sentence?

1. Walt Whitman:

   The poet judges not as a judge judges but as the sun falling around a helpless thing.

2. Belva Plain:

   How helpless we are, like netted birds, when we are caught by desire!

3. Frank Herbert:

   If you think of yourselves as helpless and ineffectual, it is certain that you will create a despotic government to be your master. The wise despot, therefore, maintains among his subjects a popular sense that they are helpless and ineffectual.

4. Phil Davis:

   I'm Phil Davis. I write about this stuff -- not necessarily to this extent, but shootings and death -- all the time, 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.

5. Tara Edwards:

   Imagine how difficult it has been to have felt so helpless, hopeless and voiceless in my own nightmare for so long, i am finally in a place where I feel strong enough to stand up.