Synonyms of fade (away)

fade (away) 1 of 2

verb

as in to melt (away)

Synonyms & Similar Words

• melt (away)
• tail (off)
• die (away or down or out)
• vanish
• fritter (away)
• evaporate
• peter (out)
• drain (away)
• slow (down)
• fall away
• give out
• drop (off)
• taper off
• decrease
• compress
• contract
• diminish
• moderate
• phase down
• constrict
• shrink
• subside
• slacken
• rachet (down)
• recede
• alleviate
• condense
• dwindle
• ratchet (down)
• wane
• lessen
• pall
• taper
• ebb
• ease
• relax
• lower
• remit
• decline
• relent
• let up
• fall
• cave (in)
• abate
• weaken
• de-escalate
• collapse
• flag
• deflate
• sink

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• increase
• rise
• build
• grow
• expand
• intensify
• accumulate
• pick up
• swell
• escalate
• enlarge
• soar
• mount
• show up
• wax
• snowball
• mushroom
• appear
• balloon
• emerge
• blow up
• bourgeon
• burgeon
• lengthen
• elongate
• distend

fadeaway

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noun

as in evaporation

Synonyms & Similar Words

• evaporation
• passing
• melting
• fading
• vanishing
• dissipation
• departure
• withdrawal
• retirement
• dissolution
• decampment
• parting
• disappearance
• departing
• exit
• quitting
• going
• retreat
• exiting
• decamping
• farewell
• emigration
• leaving
• clearing out
• egress
• leave-taking
• evacuation
• exodus

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• coming
• approach
• advent
• arrival
• appearance
• entrance
• beginning
• onset
• incoming
• start
• birth
• debut
• morning
• dawn
• commencement
• genesis
• ingress
• inception
• début
• dawning

Examples of fade (away) in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Noun

On Iowa State’s first three attempts to feed Crooks inside, the freshman missed a fadeaway in the key with Brink defending, then had two entry passes slapped away by Brink. —Jerry McDonald, The Mercury News, 25 Mar. 2024

With 4:20 left in the first quarter, another fadeaway over Iriafen came up short and later had an inside shot roll off the rim also on Iriafen. —Jerry McDonald, The Mercury News, 25 Mar. 2024

Paul, who ended the first frame with a buzzer-beating fadeaway, produced a steady stream of offense. —Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 11 Mar. 2024

His development over time has focused on footwork and adding different offensive moves: step backs, fadeaways, head fakes, step throughs and more. —Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 Feb. 2024