Synonyms of fade (away)

fade (away) 1 of 2

verb

as in to melt (away)

Related 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
• subside
• shrink
• slacken
• recede
• alleviate
• condense
• dwindle
• ratchet (down)
• wane
• lessen
• pall
• taper
• ebb
• ease
• relax
• lower
• remit
• relent
• decline
• let up
• fall
• cave (in)
• abate
• weaken
• de-escalate
• collapse
• flag
• deflate
• sink

Dissimilar Words

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

fadeaway

2 of 2

noun

as in evaporation

Related 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

Dissimilar Words

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of fade (away)

Noun

The Knicks then turned the Spurs over, with Brunson hitting a fadeaway jumper to go up six. — John Cassillo, Forbes.com, 4 June 2026

Officials assessed McCollum a technical foul for inadvertently kicking Brunson below the belt while flailing his leg on a fadeaway jump shot in the Knicks’ Game 1 victory over the Atlanta Hawks on Saturday. — Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 19 Apr. 2026

Brown followed with a midrange fadeaway over Kon Knueppel and a full-speed buzzer-beating floater in traffic to cap a 10-0 run and put Boston up 90-87 entering the fourth. — Zack Cox, Boston Herald, 8 Apr. 2026

Instead, the Lakers superstar pulled up straight over the top of Bryant’s outstretched arm, dropping a fadeaway jumper softly through the net. — Los Angeles Times, 1 Apr. 2026