All helpless synonyms
help·less
H h adj helpless
- vulnerable — capable of or susceptible to being wounded or hurt, as by a weapon: a vulnerable part of the body.
- defenseless — If someone or something is defenseless, they are weak and unable to defend themselves properly.
- weak — not strong; liable to yield, break, or collapse under pressure or strain; fragile; frail: a weak fortress; a weak spot in armor.
- impotent — not potent; lacking power or ability.
- disabled — physically or mentally impaired, injured, or incapacitated.
- unprotected — to defend or guard from attack, invasion, loss, annoyance, insult, etc.; cover or shield from injury or danger.
- unable — lacking the necessary power, competence, etc., to accomplish some specified act: He was unable to swim.
- paralyzed — to affect with paralysis.
- forlorn — desolate or dreary; unhappy or miserable, as in feeling, condition, or appearance.
- destitute — Someone who is destitute has no money or possessions.
- powerless — unable to produce an effect: a disease against which modern medicine is virtually powerless.
- abandoned — An abandoned place or building is no longer used or occupied.
- debilitated — in a severely weakened state
- dependent — To be dependent on something or someone means to need them in order to succeed or be able to survive.
- feeble — physically weak, as from age or sickness; frail.
- forsaken — past participle of forsake.
- friendless — a person attached to another by feelings of affection or personal regard.
- inefficient — not efficient; unable to effect or achieve the desired result with reasonable economy of means.
- inexpert — not expert; unskilled.
- infirm — feeble or weak in body or health, especially because of age; ailing.
- invalid — an infirm or sickly person.
- prostrate — to cast (oneself) face down on the ground in humility, submission, or adoration.
- shiftless — lacking in resourcefulness; inefficient; lazy.
- unfit — not fit; not adapted or suited; unsuitable: He was unfit for his office.
- over a barrel — a cylindrical wooden container with slightly bulging sides made of staves hooped together, and with flat, parallel ends.
- pinned — a small, slender, often pointed piece of wood, metal, etc., used to fasten, support, or attach things.
- tapped — to draw liquid from (a vessel or container).
- tapped out — having no ready money; broke
adjective helpless
- unaided — to provide support for or relief to; help: to aid the homeless victims of the fire.
- defenceless — If someone or something is defenceless, they are weak and unable to defend themselves properly.
- incapable — not capable.
- exposed — Make (something) visible, typically by uncovering it.
- handcuffed — Simple past tense and past participle of handcuff.
adverb helpless
- high and dry — having a great or considerable extent or reach upward or vertically; lofty; tall: a high wall.
- up the creek — U.S., Canada, and Australia. a stream smaller than a river.
- washed up — capable of being washed without shrinking, fading, etc.; washable: a wash dress.
- stranded — composed of a specified number or kind of strands (usually used in combination): a five-stranded rope.
- deserted — abandoned; forsaken: the problems of deserted wives and children.