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
• enlarge
• escalate
• soar
• appear
• show up
• emerge
• wax
• snowball
• mushroom
• balloon
• blow up
• burgeon
• lengthen
• elongate
• distend

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of fall away

And buying it as a second car, that phenomenon has really, really fallen away in recent years as prices have gone up and everything’s got more expensive. —Joel Feder, The Drive, 26 Mar. 2026

Virtually nothing was left of the structure, including almost all traces of the Sun Room, whose floor had partially collapsed and fallen away to leave a gaping hole where tourists had once stood in front of the three windows. —New York Times, 16 Mar. 2026

Old differences fell away, and the two got along well. —Alex Ross, New Yorker, 14 Mar. 2026

The masks fall away from the Saja Boys, and the song just gets darker and darker. —Charlie Harding, Vulture, 13 Mar. 2026