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Definition/Meaning

(adjective)

unable to help oneself, depending on another when in need;

e.g. He was helpless against her charms.

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Similar Words

Exposed

Impotent

Paralyzed

Powerless

Superable

Supine

Susceptible

Unaggressive

Unarmed

Undefended

Unguarded

Unprotected

Unresistant

Vincible

Vulnerable

Weak

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Opposite Words

Able

All-powerful

Almighty

Armored

Authoritarian

Authoritative

Autocratic

Bulletproof

Capable

Competent

Controlling

Defensible

Despotic

Dictatorial

Dominant

Dynamic

Effective

Efficient

Energetic

Forceful

Fortified

Guarded

Heavy

High-level

High-powered

Immune

Impenetrable

Important

Impregnable

Independent

Indomitable

Influential

Insuperable

Insurmountable

Invincible

Invulnerable

Magisterial

Major

Mighty

Omnicompetent

Omnificent

Omnipotent

Potent

Powerful

Puissant

Regnant

Resistant

Robust

Safe

Secure

Self-determining

Self-reliant

Self-subsistent

Self-sufficient

Self-supporting

Self-sustained

Senior

Significant

Strong

Sturdy

Sufficient

Tenable

Top

Tough

Tyrannical

Unassailable

Unbeatable

Unbeaten

Unbowed

Unbreachable

Unconquerable

Unconquered

Undefeated

Unstoppable

Unsubdued

Vigorous

Weighty

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Related Words

Abandoned

Feeble

Frail

Incapable

Incompetent

Indefensible

Ineffective

Ineffectual

Inept

Infirm

Overcome

Passive

Resistless

Spineless

Supine

Unaggressive

Unarmed

Uncovered

Unfit

Unsafe

Untenable

Useless

Weak

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