Definition for Helplessness:

• the state of needing help from something

Synonyms for Helplessness:

• n.

  •
  • incapability,
  • inadequacy,
  • strong,
  • affect,
  • impotence.
  •attribute (noun)
  • helplessness,
  • weakness,
  • impuissance.
  •dependence/dependency (noun)
  • de pendencies,
  • de pendency,
  • subserviences,
  • sub ordination,
  • de-pendency,
  • sub-ordinations,
  • sub-ordination,
  • sub ordinations,
  • subjections,
  • de-pendencies.
  •disability (noun)
  • convalescence,
  • disorder,
  • poor health,
  • illness.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • ineffectiveness,
  • inability,
  • ineptitude,
  • inefficacy,
  • ineffectuality,
  • ineffectualness,
  • dependence,
  • incompetence.
  •
  • uselessness,
  • incapacity.

Paraphrases for Helplessness:

• Equivalence

  • Noun, singular or mass
    powerlessness, impotence, weakness.

• Independent

  • Adjective
    defenceless.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    defencelessness, inadequacy, incompetence, ineffectiveness, failure, neglect, disarray, help, defenceless, dependence, confusion, disability, hardship, plight.

• Other Related

  • Adjective
    helpless.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    distress, inability, despair, desperation, frustration, destitution, incapacity, homelessness, ineptitude, anguish, dismay, misery, impossibility.

Helplessness Sentence Examples:

• Once on the platform of the small station at which Mr. Grey had bidden him to stop, he noticed two things: the utter helplessness of the man in all practical matters, and his extreme anxiety to see all that was going on about him without being himself seen.

• Feeling a strange sensation of helplessness in the midst of so much turmoil and human energy, after their quiet sojourn on the Coral Island, they kept together like a flock of sheep, and wandered about the town.

Hyponym for Helplessness:

• n.

  • attribute
    impotence, powerlessness, impotency.
  • feeling
    depression.
  • state
    dependance, dependency, dependence.