powerless

1. 1.

   lacking power

   Antonymspowerful

   Similarfeeblehelplesslow-poweredweak

Questions about powerless

What does powerless mean?

powerless means "lacking power".

How many syllables are in powerless?

powerless has 3 syllables: po-wer-less. The stress falls on "po". In IPA it is /ˈpaʊɚləs/.

What is the opposite of powerless?

The recorded antonyms are powerful.

Is powerless a common word?

powerless is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.