One entry found for powerless.

Entry Word: powerless
Function: adjective
Text: unable to act or achieve one's purpose <I wish I could help you, but I am powerless in this situation>
Synonyms helpless, impotent, weak
Related Words incapable, incompetent, ineffective, ineffectual, inept, unfit, useless; feeble, frail, infirm, passive, spineless, supine, unaggressive
Near Antonyms able, capable, competent, effective, efficient; authoritarian, autocratic, despotic, dictatorial, magisterial, tyrannical (also tyrranic); dominant, dynamic, energetic, forceful, robust, sturdy, tough, vigorous; important, major, significant; high-level, senior, top
Antonyms mighty, potent, powerful, puissant, strong