Definition for Powerlessness:

• The quality of being powerless.

Synonyms for Powerlessness:

• n.

  •feebleness (noun)
  • debilitation,
  • faintness,
  • frailness,
  • ricketiness,
  • infirmity,
  • fragility,
  • Sickliness,
  • flimsiness,
  • softness,
  • decrepitude,
  • feebleness,
  • ailment.
  •impotence (noun)
  • disability,
  • incompetence,
  • handicap,
  • incapability,
  • inadequacy.
  •powerlessness (noun)
  • frailty,
  • impotence.
  •weakness (noun)
  • anemia,
  • debility.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • ineffectiveness,
  • ineffectualness,
  • inefficacy,
  • ineffectuality.
  •
  • incapacity,
  • uselessness.
  •Other relevant words:
  • failure,
  • defect,
  • lassitude,
  • irresolution,
  • injury,
  • defenselessness,
  • ineptitude,
  • uninterestingness,
  • fault,
  • weak point,
  • incompetent,
  • irrelevancy,
  • Muscle Weakness,
  • vulnerability,
  • languor,
  • unpersuasiveness,
  • puniness,
  • defencelessness,
  • quality,
  • impotency,
  • deficiency,
  • inertness,
  • insufficiency,
  • enervation,
  • unfitness,
  • irresoluteness,
  • failing,
  • impuissance.

Paraphrases for Powerlessness:

• Equivalence

  • Noun, singular or mass
    helplessness.

• Reverse Entailment

  • Noun, singular or mass
    weakness.

• Independent

  • Noun, singular or mass
    defencelessness, failure, power, frustration, paralysis, fragility, shortcoming.

• Other Related

  • Adjective
    helpless.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    inability, incompetence, incapacity, inadequacy, impossibility.

Antonyms for Powerlessness:

• n.

  • Other antonyms:
    effectualness, efficaciousness, strength, capacity, fitness, capability, puissance, adequacy, effectiveness, competence, powerfulness, competency, knack, aptitude, efficiency, suitability, endowment, bent, ability, sinew, potency, suitableness, talent, gift, power, genius, flair.