All fade synonyms

verb fade

• dull — not sharp; blunt: a dull knife.
• disappear — to cease to be seen; vanish from sight.
• sink — to displace part of the volume of a supporting substance or object and become totally or partially submerged or enveloped; fall or descend into or below the surface or to the bottom (often followed by in or into): The battleship sank within two hours. His foot sank in the mud. Her head sinks into the pillows.
• ebb — the flowing back of the tide as the water returns to the sea (opposed to flood, flow).
• wane — to decrease in strength, intensity, etc.: Daylight waned, and night came on. Her enthusiasm for the cause is waning.
• wilt — to exercise the will: To will is not enough, one must do.
• weaken — to make weak or weaker.
• lessen — to become less.
• wither — to shrivel; fade; decay: The grapes had withered on the vine.
• peter out — to diminish gradually and stop; dwindle to nothing: The hot water always peters out in the middle of my shower.
• melt — to become liquefied by warmth or heat, as ice, snow, butter, or metal.
• abate — If something bad or undesirable abates, it becomes much less strong or severe.
• fall — to come or drop down suddenly to a lower position, especially to leave a standing or erect position suddenly, whether voluntarily or not: to fall on one's knees.
• fail — to fall short of success or achievement in something expected, attempted, desired, or approved: The experiment failed because of poor planning.
• diminish — to make or cause to seem smaller, less, less important, etc.; lessen; reduce.
• deteriorate — If something deteriorates, it becomes worse in some way.
• dim — DIM statement
• dissolve — to make a solution of, as by mixing with a liquid; pass into solution: to dissolve salt in water.
• vanish — to disappear from sight, especially quickly; become invisible: The frost vanished when the sun came out.
• blanch — If you blanch, you suddenly become very pale.
• neutralize — to make neutral; cause to undergo neutralization.
• tarnish — to dull the luster of (a metallic surface), especially by oxidation; discolor.
• muddy — abounding in or covered with mud.
• discolor — to change or spoil the color of; fade or stain.
• blench — to shy away, as in fear; quail
• bleach — If you bleach something, you use a chemical to make it white or pale in colour.
• pale — light-colored or lacking in color: a pale complexion; his pale face; a pale child. lacking the usual intensity of color due to fear, illness, stress, etc.: She looked pale and unwell when we visited her in the nursing home.
• clear — Something that is clear is easy to understand, see, or hear.
• decolorize — to take the color out of, as by bleaching
• achromatize — to make achromatic; to remove colour from
• deliquesce — (esp of certain salts) to dissolve gradually in water absorbed from the air
• decline — If something declines, it becomes less in quantity, importance, or strength.
• perish — to die or be destroyed through violence, privation, etc.: to perish in an earthquake.
• tire — Archaic. to dress (the head or hair), especially with a headdress.
• taper — to become smaller or thinner toward one end.
• droop — to sag, sink, bend, or hang down, as from weakness, exhaustion, or lack of support.
• attenuate — To attenuate something means to reduce it or weaken it.
• disperse — to drive or send off in various directions; scatter: to disperse a crowd.
• rarefy — to make rare or rarer; make less dense: to rarefy a gas.
• quiet — making no noise or sound, especially no disturbing sound: quiet neighbors.
• hush — to become or be silent or quiet: They hushed as the judge walked in.
• fold — to confine (sheep or other domestic animals) in a fold.
• flag — flagstone (def 1).
• thin — having relatively little extent from one surface or side to the opposite; not thick: thin ice.
• moderate — kept or keeping within reasonable or proper limits; not extreme, excessive, or intense: a moderate price.
• shrivel — shrink, dry up
• languish — to be or become weak or feeble; droop; fade.
• tone down — any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.: shrill tones.
• wash out — to apply water or some other liquid to (something or someone) for the purpose of cleansing; cleanse by dipping, rubbing, or scrubbing in water or some other liquid.
• die away — If a sound dies away, it gradually becomes weaker or fainter and finally disappears completely.