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Synonyms for faded

  • adjective

Most common

washed-out bleached washy faint weakened drab

Synonyms by meaning

Adjective

1. Washed-out

washed-out, bleached, colorless US, colourless UK, washy

2. Faint

faint, weakened, attenuated, attenuate

3. Drab

drab, shabby, pallid, stale, sallow, seedy, wan

Other

wasted

Antonyms

lurid, flourished

All antonyms of faded →

Definitions

  1. adj. 1

    That has lost some of its former vividness and colour.

  2. adj. 2

    That has lost some of its former strength or vigour.

    a faded rock star of the 1970s

  3. adj. 3

    High on drugs; stoned.

Choose the right word

Faded, Faint or Dim?

Written characters may be faint or dim, either because originally written with poor ink, or because they have become faded by time and exposure.

J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)

Example sentences

  • bleached I like the way Tom looks with his hair bleached.
  • faint Faint footprints in the dust lead off to the east.
  • weakened Fever and constant coughing weakened the old lady.
  • drab This morning, the world is grey and drab.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
fadedrising
bleachedfalling
faintrising
weakenedsteady
drabsteady

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

3 letters
wan1
4 letters
drab1
5 letters
faint1, stale1, seedy2, washy2
6 letters
wasted2, shabby2, pallid2, sallow
8 letters
weakened2, bleached1
9 letters
colorless3, attenuate4
10 letters
attenuated5, colourless

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (seedy2 = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français
délavé