87 synonyms found

Pronunciation:

[ hˈɛlpləsnəs], [ hˈɛlpləsnəs], [ h_ˈɛ_l_p_l_ə_s_n_ə_s]

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Similar words for helplessness:

• attribute (noun)
• dependence/dependency (noun)
• disability (noun)
• incapability (noun)
• incompetence (noun)
• ineffectiveness (noun)
• other relevant words (noun)
• other synonyms
• other relevant words (noun)

Paraphrases for helplessness

Hyponyms for helplessness

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.
  • incapability (noun)
  • in-adequacies,
  • in adequacy,
  • in capabilities,
  • in-capability,
  • in-adequacy,
  • in-capabilities,
  • in adequacies,
  • in capability.
  • incompetence (noun)
  • failure.
  • ineffectiveness (noun)
  • in effectiveness,
  • in effectivenesses,
  • in-effectivenesses,
  • in-effectiveness.
  • Other relevant words: (noun)
  • powerlessness,
  • subservience,
  • subjection.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • ineffectiveness,
  • inability,
  • ineptitude,
  • inefficacy,
  • ineffectuality,
  • ineffectualness,
  • dependence,
  • incompetence.
  •
  • uselessness,
  • incapacity.
  • Other relevant words (noun):
  • 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
    impotence, powerlessness, weakness.

• Independent

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

• Other Related

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

Hyponym for Helplessness:

• n.

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