Definition for Helplessness:

• the state of needing help from something

Synonyms for Helplessness:

• n.

  •
  • impotence,
  • incapability,
  • inadequacy.
  •attribute (noun)
  • weakness,
  • impuissance.
  •incompetence (noun)
  • failure.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • ineffectiveness,
  • ineptitude,
  • inability,
  • ineffectuality,
  • dependence,
  • inefficacy,
  • ineffectualness.
  •
  • uselessness,
  • incapacity.
  •Other relevant words:
  • exhaustion,
  • paralysis,
  • failing,
  • hopelessness,
  • orchiotomy,
  • feebleness,
  • debilitation,
  • dependency,
  • prostration,
  • dependance,
  • defect,
  • liability,
  • openness,
  • necessity,
  • collapse,
  • apoplexy,
  • desolation,
  • inanition,
  • vulnerability,
  • impracticability,
  • lameness,
  • Sideration,
  • exposure,
  • frailty,
  • desertion,
  • emasculation,
  • unfitness,
  • susceptibility,
  • syncope,
  • palsy,
  • disability,
  • defenselessness,
  • defencelessness,
  • enervation,
  • Deliquium,
  • orchotomy,
  • impossibility,
  • depression,
  • impotency.

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.

Hyponym for Helplessness:

• n.

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