Synonyms for fade
verb
To lose color or brightness
bleach, tone down, wash out, decolorize, become colorless, blanch, tarnish, dim, dull, discolor, pale, grow dim, flicker, neutralize, become dull, lose luster, achromatize, etiolate.
Antonyms color, brighten, glow.
To lose freshness or strength
wither, decline, wilt, wane; see decay, weaken 1, wither.
To diminish in sound
hush, quiet, sink; see decrease 1.
To disappear slowly
evaporate, dissolve, die out; see disappear. See syn. study at disappear.
See fade in Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus II
verb
To become inaudible:
die (away, out, or down), fade out. See increaseTo lose strength or power:
decline, degenerate, deteriorate, fail, flag2, languish, sink, wane, waste (away), weaken. (Informal) fizzle (out). Idioms: go downhill, hit the skids. See increase, strongTo disappear gradually by or as if by dispersal of particles:
dissolve, melt (away). See increase, seeTo pass out of sight either gradually or suddenly:
disappear, evanesce, evaporate, fade out, vanish. See show
phrasal verb fade outTo pass out of sight either gradually or suddenly:
disappear, evanesce, evaporate, fade, vanish. See showTo become inaudible:
die (away, out, or down), fade. See increaseTo make (a film image) disappear gradually:
dissolve. See increase, see
noun
A gradual disappearance, especially of a film image:
dissolve, fadeaway, fade-out. See increase, see
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