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verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of fade

1 to cease to be visible

  • the departing ship gradually faded over the horizon
Synonyms of fade

dematerialize, disappear, dissolve, evanesce, evaporate, flee, fly, melt, sink, vanish
Words Related to fade

blank (out), clear, die (away or down or out), disperse, dissipate, dissolve, dry up

blur, dim
Phrases Synonymous with fade

drop out of sight
Near Antonyms of fade

arrive, break out, come out, emerge, issue, loom, show up
Antonyms of fade

appear, materialize

2 to make white or whiter by removing color

  • years of harsh sunlight had faded the car, which was once fire-engine red
Synonyms of fade

blanch, bleach, blench, decolorize, dull, pale, snow, wash out, whiten
Words Related to fade

brighten, lighten

dim, mat (also matte)

etiolate

whitewash

frost, silver
Near Antonyms of fade

blacken

blotch, checker, dapple, daub, discolor, fleck, marble, mottle, pattern, polychrome, shade, speck, speckle, splotch, spot, streak, striate, stripe, tarnish, variegate

color, dye, paint, pigment, stain, tincture, tinge, tint

burnish, polish, shine
Antonyms of fade

darken, deepen, embrown

3 to lose bodily strength or vigor

  • began to fade after battling the disease for years
Synonyms of fade

decay, droop, emaciate, fail, flag, go, lag, languish, sag, sink, waste (away), weaken, wilt, wither
Words Related to fade

break down, wear out

yield

degenerate, deteriorate, rot, run down
Near Antonyms of fade

convalesce, rally, rebound, recover, recuperate

gain

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