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

As the ribbon of asphalt climbs, clinging to rocky hillsides, the wall of trees falls away at times, revealing plunging canyons. — Zoe Baillargeon, Travel + Leisure, 10 Aug. 2026

The fragmentation of dementia sometimes makes David’s consciousness more sharply attuned to things, while entire other swaths of life fall away. — Deborah Treisman, New Yorker, 9 Aug. 2026

Winding along Prospect’s curving paths, there’s a sense that the outside world has fallen away. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 July 2026

The political sparring fell away in this moment, and the conversation turned personal, with Biden testing whether Fuentes could be confronted directly rather than through his media proxies. — Kevin Dolak, HollywoodReporter, 27 July 2026