- Types Of Speech
- You can use helpless as a adjective satellite in a sentence.
- About Helpless
- A 2 syllables adjective satellite and 8 letters with the letters e, h, l, p, and s, 6 consonants, 2 vowels and 2 syllables with the middle letters pl. Helpless starts with and ends in a consonant with the starting letters h, he, hel, help, helpl, and the ending characters are s, ss, ess, less, pless, . Helpless is also a double consonant (ss) word. View the double consonant words list.
- Definition
- Unable to manage independently; "as helpless as a baby"
- Origin/Roots
- Middle English
- Compound Words
- A compound word, helpless has more than one word within it. There's 2 words which are help, and less.
- School Grade
- Helpless is set as a grade five word that starts with h, ends with s, 2 syllables, 2 vowels and 8 letters.
- Pig Latin
- Helpless in Pig Latin is said as "elplesshay or elplesshway".
- Unigram
- h | e | l | p | l | e | s | s
- Bigram
- he | el | lp | pl | le | es | ss
- Trigram
- hel | elp | lpl | ple | les | ess
- Quadrigram
- help | elpl | lple | ples | less
- Word Gram
- Adjective Satellite Examples
- unable to manage independently;
"as helpless as a baby" - unable to function;
without help - lacking in or deprived of strength or power;
"lying ill and helpless";
"helpless with laughter"
| Synonym | Definition |
|---|---|
| Abandoned | left desolate or empty "an abandoned child" "their deserted wives and children" "an abandoned shack" "deserted villages" |
| Addled | confused and vague used especially of thinking "muddleheaded ideas" "your addled little brain" "woolly thinking" "woolly-headed ideas" |
| Adynamic | characterized by an absence of force or forcefulness |
| Aidless | |
| Assailable | not defended or capable of being defended "an open city" "open to attack" |
| Asthenic | having a slender physique |
| At A Lossp | |
| At Sea | |
| Baffled | people who are frustrated and perplexed "the children''s faces clearly expressed the frustration of the baffled" |
| Bare Handed |
View all cognitive synonyms for Helpless
| Anagram | Definition |
|---|---|
| Helpless | unable to manage independently "as helpless as a baby" |
View English words with the unique letters used in helpless. Words With The Letters Ehlps
| Similar Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| Dependent | a person who relies on another person for support (especially financial support) |
| Title | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Negative Feelings | Describe helpless | A word list of negative feeling words and the best English words to describe negative emotions. Emotional negative words... read more |
Helpless Is In These Word Lists
- Starts With H
- Ends With S
- Spelled With / Contains Letters
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