Synonyms for fade
- verb
- adjective
Synonyms by meaning
Verb
1. Wane — to sink away; to disappear gradually; to grow dim; to vanish
wane, fall, diminish, dwindle, fail, decay, decline, droop, set, sink, decrease, mortify, subside, lessen, ebb, abate, lapse
2. Disappear
disappear, vanish, pass, pass away, die, pass off, dissolve, blow over, evanesce, fleet, evaporate, perish, depart, dematerialize UK US, dematerialise UK
3. Wither — to grow weak; to lose strength; to decay; to perish gradually; to wither, as a plant
4. Bleach — to lose freshness, color, or brightness; to become faint in hue or tint; hence, to be wanting in color
Adjective
Definitions
- v. 1
To grow weak; to lose strength; to decay; to perish gradually; to wither, as a plant.
- v. 2
To lose freshness, color, or brightness; to become faint in hue or tint; hence, to be wanting in color.
- v. 3
To sink away; to disappear gradually; to grow dim; to vanish.
The milkman's whistling faded into the distance.
Related words
- Word family
- fadeless
- Phrases
- fade away fade-out taper fade low-top fade mid-top fade quality fade temple fade skin fade
- Is a kind of
- haircut
Forms
- Past participle
- faded
e.g. faded → waned, fallen, diminished, dwindled…
Example sentences
- fail See to it that this letter is posted without fail.
- diminish This doesn't give him the right to diminish Muslims.
- wane Love's intensity can wane as familiarity grows.
- disappear Tom watched the plane disappear into the distance.
- vanish Trust seems to vanish when jealousy takes hold.
By length
- 3 letters
- set1, die1, wan1, ebb1
- 4 letters
- fall1, pass1, weak1, flat1, fail1, sink1, pale1, melt1, dull1, wane1
- 5 letters
- fleet1, decay2, faint1, lapse1, abate2, droop1
- 6 letters
- depart2, weaken2, bleach1, lessen2, vanish2, perish2, wither2, blanch1
- 7 letters
- decline2, subside2, dwindle2, insipid3, mortify3
- 8 letters
- decrease2, diminish3, dissolve2, languish2, evanesce, etiolate
- 9 letters
- disappear3, evaporate4
- 13 letters
- dematerialize, dematerialise
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (decay2 = 2 syllables).