Synonyms for powerless
ˈpaʊ ər lɪspow·er·less

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1. powerless

   Synonyms:
   contemptible, despicable, feeble, harmless, helpless, weak

   Antonyms:
   dangerous, formidable, redoubted, terrible, tremendous

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1. powerlessadjective

   lacking power

   Antonyms:
   mighty, ruling, all-powerful, omnipotent, strong, puissant, muscular, almighty, coercive, compelling, powerful, reigning, regent(ip), potent, regnant

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1. unempowered

   a lack of: ability, capacity, authority.

   paul was made powerless by his boss's refusal to sign the letter of authorisation.

   Submitted by rinat on February 22, 2016  

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1. powerlessadjective

   Synonyms:
   impotent, weak

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1. List of paraphrases for "powerless":

   impotent, helpless, defenceless, powerlessness, incapable, unable, weak

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1. Nathaniel Hawthorne:

   Words -- so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.

2. Luis Fernando Arias:

   He hoped his people would be helped and they could return to the jungle. He spoke at the Constitutional Court about the Nukak's plight. But nothing happened, others like him feel impotent, powerless to solve the problems their people face, and have taken their own life.

3. David Cammy:

   We live in a world where to be powerless is a risk The future is not a mystery but a function of what we do today

4. Laura Beil:

   I guess for them it was kind of like watching a car crash in slow motion. You can see things getting worse and worse, but you feel powerless to help. And that's how she felt and then it ended in this tragic way, so she was pretty devastated. The whole family is.

5. Kate Upton:

   Paul Marciano used Paul Marciano power to make me feel insecure and powerless, but I ’m not going to let Paul Marciano intimidate me anymore., these men think they are untouchable, but times are changing.