Synonyms of fall away

fall away

verb

as in to decrease

to grow less in scope or intensity especially gradually

as the years went by, the public's interest in the murder case fell away

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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