Helpless synonym (1000+)
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In this brief blog post, we will provide a list of helpless synonym.
We have arranged the helpless synonyms below in alphabetical order.
First batch of 100 helpless synonyms
a dead loss
a slave to
a slave to,
abandoned
abject
abject
abject
abject,
abused
accessible
afflicted
aged
aged,
aground
ailing
ailing,
alone
alone,
amateur
amateurish
an easy target for
anaemicUK
anemicUS
apathetic
arthritic
arthritic,
ashore
assailable
asthenic
at a loss
at a low ebb
at one’s beck and call
at one’s feet
at one’s mercy
at risk
atonic
atonic.
attackable
awkward
bad
basket-case
basket-case
basket-case,
be numbed,
beached
bearish
beaten
bedridden
beleaguered
benumbed
bereft
bereft
bereft,
beset
beyond hope
beyond recall
beyond recall,
beyond recovery
beyond redress
beyond remedy
beyond repair
blank
blasé
bleak
blue
blundering
Blundering,
broken
broken down,
broken-down
broken-down
broken-down,
broken-hearted
brokenhearted
brought to your knees
browbeaten
bulky,
bullied
bumbling,
bungling
bungling,
burdened
burned out
bush-league
cack-handed
can’t make grade,
cant cut it,
cant hack it,
cant make grade,
cant make the grade,
cast away.
cast down
caught
Caught,
challenged
cheerless
cheerless,
chicken
clinging
clingy
Second batch of 100 helpless synonyms
clueless
clumsy
comfortless
comfortless,
compromised
confined
confined,
cowboy
crestfallen
crippled
crippled
crook
crude,
crushed
crushed
cureless
cut off
cynical
cynical
cynical,
dazed
de pendent,
dead
deadly
debile
debilitated,
decrepit,
defeated
defeatist
defenceless against
defencelessUK
defenseless
defenselessUS
deficient
dejected
delicate
delicate,
demoralisedUK
demoralized,
demoralizedUS
dependent
depleted
depressed,
deserted
desolate,
despaired of
despairing,
desperate
despondent
destitute,
destroyed
differently abled
diminished
diplegic
dis enfranchised,
dis-enfranchised,
disabled
Third batch of 100 helpless synonyms
disabled
disabled
disabled
disabled (adjective)
disadvantaged
disadvantaged
disadvantageous
disarmed
disarmed
Disarmed,
disconsolate
disconsolate
disconsolate,
discouraging
discouraging,
diseased
disenfranchised
disfranchised
disheartened
dispirited
dispirited
disqualified
distressed
distressed,
doddering
doddering,
doddery
doleful
doomed
Dopey
down
down and out
down in the dumps
down in the mouth
down-and-out
downbeat
downcast
downhearted
dragging,
drained
droopy
dud
easily damaged
easily hurt
easily wounded
effete
effete
effete,
elephantine,
emasculated
endangered
enervated
enfeebled
enslaved
etiolated
exceptional
exhausted
exploited
exposed
failed
failing
faint,
fainter,
fatal
fatal.
fatigued
fed up
feeble
final
flabby
flatFourth batch of 100 helpless synonyms
flat,
floundering
forceless
forceless
forgotten
forgotten,
forlorn
forlorn
forlorn
forlorn
forlorn
forsaken
forsaken
forsaken
forsaken
forsaken,
foundered
fragile
fragile,
frail
frail
frail
frail,
fraught
friendless
friendless
friendless
friendless,
fruitless
fruitless
fruitless
fruitless,
futile
futile,
gauche,
gawky,
gentle
gentle,
gloomy
glum
godforsaken,
gone
goner
goner,
graceless,
grave
ground down
grounded
gutless
half-hearted
ham-handed,
hamstrung
hamstrung
hamstrung
Hamstrung,
handcuffed
handcuffed
handcuffed
Handcuffed,
handicapped
handicapped
handicapped,
hands tied
hands tied,
hangdog
harmed
have-not
have-not,
having a disability
having a mental disability
having learning difficulties
having special needs
heart-rending
heartbroken
heartsick
heartsore
heavy-handed,
heavy-hearted
heavy,
heavyhearted
helpless,
hemiplegic
henpecked
high and dry
high and dry
hindered
hit for six
hog-tied
hog-tied
hollow
homeless
homeless,
hopeless
hopeless
hopeless
hors de combat
hulking,
hurt
hurt,
Fifth batch of 100 helpless synonyms
ill
ill-fated
ill-fated
ill-fated,
ill-protected
ill-treated
immobile
immobilisedUK
immobilisedUK
immobilizedUS
immobilizedUS
impaired
impaired
impossible
impossible
impossible,
impotent
impotent
impotent
impotent
impotent
impotent
impotent
impotent
impoverished
impracticable
impracticable,
impuissant
impuissant
impuissant
Impuissant,
in danger
in danger of
in despair
in despair,
in difficulties
in efficacious,
in firm,
in jeopardy
in line of fire
in line of fire,
in one’s clutches
in one’s clutches,
in one’s pocket
in one’s power
in one’s power,
in operative.
in peril
in peril of
in the dumps
in the dumps,
in the line of fire
in the line of fire,
in the lurch
in the lurch
in-active.
in-efficacious,
in-operative,
inactive
inadequate
inadequate
inapt
incapable
incapable
incapable
incapable
incapacitated
incapacitated
incapacitated
incapacitated
incapacitated,
incompetent
incompetent
incompetent
inconsolable
incorrigible
incurable
incurable,
indecisive,
indefensible
indefensible,
indisposed
indisposed
ineffective
ineffective
ineffective
ineffectual
ineffectual
ineffectual
inefficient
inefficient
inefficient
inefficient,
inelegant.
ineligible
inept
inept
inept
inert
inert
Sixth batch of 100 helpless synonyms
inexperienced
inexperienced,
inexpert
inexpert
inexpert
infecund
inferior
infirm
infirm
infirm
infirm
infirm
infirm,
injured
insecure
insensible
insubstantial,
insufficient
insufficient
insufficient,
invalid
invalid
invalid
irrecoverable
irredeemable
irredeemable,
irreformable
irremediable
irremediable,
irreparable
irreparable,
irretrievable
irreversible
irreversible,
irrevocable
irrevocable,
isolated
joyless
knocked for six
lachrymose
lackadaisical
lacking
lacking ability
laid bare
laid low
laid open
laid up
laid-up
laid-up,
lame
lame
lame
lame,
languid
languid,
languorous
learning-disabled
leaving much to be desired
led by the nose
left at the altar,
left in the lurch
left in the lurch,
left open
less capable
liable
like a clay pigeon
like a clay pigeon,
like a sitting duck
like a sitting duck,
limp
listless
lonely
lonely,
lonesome
lonesome,
long-faced
lost
lost
lost
lost.
low
low
low-spirited
low,
lumbering,
lumpish,
maimed
maimed,
maladroit
maltreated
maltreated,
marooned
meagerUS
meagreUK
meek
melancholic
melancholy
menacing
menacing,
miserable
Seventh batch of 100 helpless synonyms
miserable
miserable
miserable,
mistreated
mistreated,
misused
monoplegic
more disenfranchised,
more hog tied,
more hog-tied,
more hogtied,
more impuissant,
morose
morose
mortal
most disenfranchised,
most hog tied,
most hog-tied,
most hogtied,
most impuissant,
mournful
needful
needy
needy
needy,
negative
nerveless
nerveless
neurasthenic
neurasthenic,
no can do,
no good
no-win
no-win,
not able
not cut out for
not equal to
not good enough
not have it
not much cop
not to,
not up to it
not up to scratch
not up to it
numb
oafish,
on line,
on the line
on the line,
on the rocks,
on the spot
on the spot,
open
open
open to
open to attack
open to attack
open,
oppressed
oppressed
out in left field,
out of action
out of action,
out of commission
out of gas
out of gas
out of gas,
out of shape
out of sorts
out on a limb
out on limb
out on limb,
out to lunch
out-of-action
out-of-action,
out-of-commission
out-of-commission,
over a barrel
over a barrel
over a barrel
over a barrel,
overcome
overcome
overcome,
overloaded
overpowered
overwhelmed
palsied
palsied
palsified
paltry.
paper tiger
paralysedUK
paralysedUK
paralysedUK
paralysedUK
paralysedUK
paralysedUK
paralytic
Eighth batch of 100 helpless synonyms
paralytic
paralyzed
paralyzedUS
paralyzedUS
paralyzedUS
paralyzedUS
paralyzedUS
paralyzedUS
paraparetic
paraplegic
paretic
passed up,
passionless
passive
past cure
past hope
past hope,
past it
past remedy
pathetic
pathetic
pathetic
pathetic
pathetic,
persecuted
persecuted.
pessimistic
pessimistic
pessimistic,
physically challenged
physically handicapped
physically impaired
pigeon
pigeon.
pinned
pinned
pinned,
piteous
pitiable
pitiable,
pitiful
pitiful,
plagued
pointless
pointless
pointless,
ponderous,
poor
poorly
powerless
powerless
powerless
powerless
powerless
powerless
powerless
powerless
powerless
pregnable
Pregnable.
profitless
prone
prostrate
prostrate
prostrate
prostrate
prostrate
prostrate
prostrate.
prostrated
puny
puny
puny,
quadriplegic
raw
receptive to
reduced
regretful
reliant
remediless
repressed
resigned
resistless
resistless
restrained
restricted
rheumatic
rheumatic,
rickety
run aground
run aground,
run-down
run-down.
sad
sad
sad,
saddened
sapless
sapless,
sapped
Ninth batch of 100 helpless synonyms
sclerotic
sclerotic,
scrawny
sensitive
sensitive
shaking
shaky
shaky
shiftless
shiftless
shiftless,
shilpit
shipwrecked
shot down
shot down,
sick
sick
sickly
sickly,
sidelined
sidelined,
sinister
sinister,
sitting duck
skill-less
slave
slight
slight,
sluggish
small
soft
softened
solitary
solitary,
sorrowful
sorry
spastic
spastic,
speechless
spent
spindly
stalled
Stalled,
stranded
stranded
strengthless
strengthless
Strengthless,
stuck
stuck fast
stumbling,
stunned
stupefied
subdued
subject
subject
subject
subjugated
subjugated,
subservient
subservient,
substandard
sunk
sunk,
supine
suppressed
suppressed,
susceptible
susceptible
susceptive to
tame,
tapped
tapped
tapped out
tapped out
tapped out,
tapped,
tearful
tender
tepid
terminal
tetraplegic
thin,
threatened
threatened with
threatening
threatening,
tied
tired
toothless
tormented
torpid
tottering
tottery
tragic
tragic
tragic,
trapped
trembling
trembling
Tenth batch of 100 helpless synonyms
trembly
tremorous
tremorous,
troubled
tyrannisedUK
Tyrannized,
tyrannizedUS
un abler,
un ablest,
un moving,
un-abler,
un-ablest,
un-moving,
unable
unable
unable
unable
unable to do something for toffee
unachievable
unachievable
unachievable,
unadapted
unaided
unapt
unarmed
unarmed
unarmoured
unattended
unavailing
unavailing,
uncared-for
unconvincing,
uncoordinated,
uncouth,
undefendable
undefended
undefended
under one’s thumb
under the heel
underdog
underfoot
underfoot,
undermined
underprivileged
uneasy,
unenthusiastic
unequipped
unexcited
unfit
unfit
unfit
unfit
unfit
unfit
unfitted
unfitted
unfortified
unfortunate
unfortunate,
ungainly,
unguarded
unguarded
unguarded,
unhandy
unhappy
unhappy,
unhealthy
uninitiated
uninterested
unmitigable
unmitigable,
unmoving
unpatrolled
unpowerful
unproductive
unprofessional
unproficient
unprofitable
unpromising
unprotected
unprotected
unprotected
unqualified
unrecoverable
unredeemable
unresistant
unresistant
unsafe
unsalvageable
unsheltered
unshielded
unshielded.
unskilful
unskilled
unskillful
unskillful,
unsound
unsteady
unsubstantial
unsuitable
Tenth batch of 100 helpless synonyms
untactful,
untoward,
untrained
untrained
unwatched
unwell
unwieldy,
unwilling
up creek without paddle
up creek without paddle
up creek without paddle,
up the creek
up the creek
up the creek,
useless
useless
useless
useless
useless
useless,
vain
vain,
victimisedUK
victimizedUS
vincible
vitiated
vitiated,
vulnerable
vulnerable
vulnerable
vulnerable to
wanting
wasted
wasted
weak
weak
weak
weak
weak
weak
weak
weak
weakened
weakened
weakened
weakened,
weakest.
weakling
weakly
weakly
weakly,
weaponless
weaponless,
weary
weedy
weedy,
weighed down
weighed down
weighed down,
wheelchair-using
wide open
wide open
wide open,
wide-open
wimp
wimp.
wimper,
wimpest,
wimpish
wimpy
wimpy,
wishy washy,
wishy-washy
wishywashy,
with a disability
with hands tied
with hands tied
with hands tied,
with no say
without arms
without assistance
without defences
without help
without hope
without power
without protection
without resources
without weapons
woebegone
woebegone
woebegone,
woeful
woozy
woozy,
worn-out
worn-out,
wornout
worried
worsening
worsening,
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You should look to see if you meet the CAMHS referral criteria and then fill in the CAMHS referral form.
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