112 synonyms found

Pronunciation:

[ pˈa͡ʊələsnəs], [ pˈa‍ʊələsnəs], [ p_ˈaʊ_ə_l_ə_s_n_ə_s]

Similar words for powerlessness:

• feebleness (noun)
• impotence (noun)
• impotency (noun)
• incapability (noun)
• ineffectiveness (noun)
• other relevant words (noun)
• powerlessness (noun)
• prostration (noun)
• weakness (noun)
• weak point (noun)
• other synonyms
• other relevant words (noun)

Paraphrases for powerlessness

Synonyms for Powerlessness:

• n.

  •
  • affect,
  • strong.
  • feebleness (noun)
  • debilitation,
  • faintness,
  • frailness,
  • ricketiness,
  • infirmity,
  • fragility,
  • Sickliness,
  • flimsiness,
  • softness,
  • decrepitude,
  • feebleness,
  • ailment.
  • impotence (noun)
  • disability,
  • incompetence,
  • handicap,
  • incapability,
  • inadequacy.
  • impotency (noun)
  • impotency.
  • incapability (noun)
  • in capability,
  • in-capability,
  • in capabilities,
  • in-capabilities.
  • ineffectiveness (noun)
  • in effectiveness,
  • in-effectiveness,
  • in-effectivenesses,
  • in effectivenesses.
  • Other relevant words: (noun)
  • inability,
  • incompetency,
  • prostration,
  • Incapacitation,
  • weakness,
  • powerlessness,
  • inefficiencies,
  • inutility,
  • inutilities,
  • inaptitude,
  • ineptness,
  • helplessness.
  • powerlessness (noun)
  • frailty,
  • shortcoming,
  • impotence,
  • disqualification,
  • inefficiency,
  • lack,
  • necessity.
  • prostration (noun)
  • abashment,
  • stupefaction,
  • submissiveness,
  • collapse.
  • weakness (noun)
  • inclination,
  • inconstancy,
  • vitiation,
  • fondness,
  • invalidity,
  • flaw,
  • soft spot,
  • blemish,
  • imperfection,
  • gap,
  • senility,
  • impairment,
  • penchant,
  • debility,
  • indecision,
  • chink in armor,
  • instability,
  • delicacy,
  • anemia,
  • vice,
  • predilection,
  • sore point,
  • achilles heel,
  • passion,
  • proclivity,
  • liking,
  • lapse.
  • weak point (noun)
  • weak-point.

• Other synonyms:

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

Paraphrases for Powerlessness:

• Equivalence

  • Noun, singular or mass
    helplessness.

• Reverse Entailment

  • Noun, singular or mass
    weakness.

• Independent

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

• Other Related

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