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fade

v.

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.

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Another word for fade

verb

To become inaudible:
die (away, out, or down), fade out. See increase
To 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, strong
To disappear gradually by or as if by dispersal of particles:
dissolve, melt (away). See increase, see
To pass out of sight either gradually or suddenly:
disappear, evanesce, evaporate, fade out, vanish. See show

phrasal verb fade out

To pass out of sight either gradually or suddenly:
disappear, evanesce, evaporate, fade, vanish. See show
To become inaudible:
die (away, out, or down), fade. See increase
To make (a film image) disappear gradually:
dissolve. See increase, see