Fading Synonyms and Antonyms

fādĭng
Become less clearly visible or distinguishable; disappear gradually or seemingly
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. melting
  2. passing
  3. dissolving
  4. evaporating
  5. evanescing
Lose freshness, vigor, or vitality
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. withering
  2. weakening
  3. waning
  4. wasting
  5. languishing
  6. wilting
  7. vanishing
  8. declining
  9. tapering
  10. swindling
  11. shrivelling
  12. sinking
  13. receding
  14. paling
  15. lightening
  16. evanescing
  17. enervating
  18. flagging
  19. ebbing
  20. dulling
  21. decaying
  22. drooping
  23. failing
  24. dissolving
  25. discoloring
  26. disappearing
  27. diminishing
  28. deteriorating
  29. dimming
  30. dying
  31. degenerating
  32. decreasing
  33. abating
Antonyms:
  1. enhancing
  2. improving
  3. recovering
  4. strengthening
Become feeble
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. sinking
  2. languishing
  3. outing
  4. quieting
  5. hushing
To disappear gradually; vanish:
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. disappearing
Weakening in force or intensity
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. attenuation
Losing life
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. growing dimmer

Words Related to Fading

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Fading Sentence Examples

  • It blazed before fading to a flicker.

  • She was fading fast.

  • The vamp's memories were fading fast and growing blurry.

  • Then she added, her slight smile fading, "Maybe we can teach him to sing—if he has a reason to."

  • Leaning to the side, she gazed up at his profile as he watched the fading horizon.

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