FADED Synonyms: 158 Similar and Opposite Words

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adjective

ˈfā-dəd

Definition of faded

as in pale

lacking intensity of color rather than buy faded jeans, I get the dark blues and let time and the washing machine do their thing

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faded

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verb

past tense of fade

as in disappeared

to cease to be visible the departing ship gradually faded over the horizon

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as in bleached

to make white or whiter by removing color years of harsh sunlight had faded the car, which was once fire-engine red

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as in weakened

to lose bodily strength or vigor began to fade after battling the disease for years

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Recent Examples of faded

Adjective

Ben Rahilly owns an appliance store, a gift shop, a furniture store and a concrete business in Newberry, a faded logging town about 60 miles west of the Canadian border. — Russ McNamara, NPR, 2 Sep. 2026 The team behind this research studied 14 candidates for faded or remnant radio galaxies found in a region of the sky over Earth, studied intensely by the XMM-Newton X-ray spacecraft, called the XMM–Newton Large-Scale Structure (XMM–LSS) field. — Robert Lea, Space.com, 21 Aug. 2026

Verb

Now, just one month later, the stock has faded much of that post-earnings momentum and sits near a share price of $230, significantly above yearly lows but still down nearly 10% YTD. — Julia Spina, CNBC, 6 Oct. 2026 Like the network that hosted it, by 2007, TRL had significantly faded in popularity and influence and was canceled in September 2008. — Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 6 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for faded

Recent Examples of Synonyms for faded

Adjective

Meanwhile, women used toxic lead makeup to achieve what was viewed as a beautiful pale complexion.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 9 Oct. 2026
Princess Diana memorably wore a pale blue halterneck dress by Walker at a dinner hosted by Vanity Fair magazine at the Serpentine Gallery in Hyde Park in London in June 1995.

— Julia Teti, Footwear News, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of pale

Verb

Now that raw capability is no longer scarce, the excuse for hiding behind these proxies has quietly disappeared.

— Vikas Verma, Forbes.com, 6 Oct. 2026
The show centers on Michael Sleep (Pearce Quigley), who has been living like something of a hermit since his girlfriend Clea disappeared without a trace seven years ago.

— Andrew Webster, The Verge, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of disappeared

Verb

Eco effort While over 80% of the reefs around the resort were bleached following the dramatic temperature rises of El Nino in 2016, the resort is throwing everything at its coral nursery and the green shoots are showing.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Oct. 2026
The large works seem to be on the verge of becoming ghostly, bleached by the same relentless Florida sunlight that makes Miami Beach so visually seductive.

— Erin Parish, Miami Herald, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of bleached

Verb

Isaias has weakened dramatically since making landfall last night as a Category 2 hurricane.

— Erika Angulo, NBC news, 11 Oct. 2026
Wide swaths of the Southwest were deluged Sunday as the remnants of Tropical Storm Rachel weakened and moved inland, but coastal communities already battered by high surf emerged with less damage than some officials feared.

— Fedor Zarkhin, Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 2026

Definition of weakened

Adjective

The men’s denim jacket reworks a classic trucker silhouette in a light wash, while the women’s denim vest is finished with a silver foil coating.

— Jean E. Palmieri, Footwear News, 13 Oct. 2026
The chicken’s accompaniment of roasted and pickled vegetables provided a light, pleasant contrast to the meat.

— Julia Wytrazek, TheWeek, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of light

Verb

While most of the deals vanished at midnight, a few are still good, including price cuts on the latest MacBooks, killer productivity PCs, and more.

— K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 8 Oct. 2026
However, in the 7th century, this all vanished; the temples were abandoned and later looted, and Kea never again revived its trade or harbor settlements.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of vanished

Verb

The green is equally luscious in texture, made with chicken thigh and skin, but intensely herbaceous, brightened with parsley, cilantro, poblano and jalapeño.

— Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 5 Oct. 2026
In its latest incarnation, designed by the firm S9, the curtain wall has darkened and the electronic billboards brightened, so that the tower resembles a TV mount, more apparatus than architecture.

— Justin Davidson, Curbed, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of brightened

Verb

The BoMar Club has received just under thirty thousand dollars from the opioid settlement, to fix its roof and bolster outreach efforts, and Coleman was petitioning the commission for more money to redo the floor, which sagged under our feet.

— Oliver Whang, New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2026
But as of last year, its sales tax revenues had sagged by almost 90% in a quarter-century.

— Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 6 Oct. 2026