Synonyms of fallen away

fallen away

verb

past participle of fall away

as in decreased

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

• decreased
• diminished
• declined
• dropped (off)
• fallen
• died (away or down or out)
• drained (away)
• shrunk
• tapered off
• vanished
• evaporated
• ebbed
• phased down
• tapered
• subsided
• racheted (down)
• ratcheted (down)
• waned
• weakened
• dwindled
• let up
• melted (away)
• moderated
• lessened
• receded
• faded (away)
• collapsed
• lowered
• eased
• relented
• palled
• remitted
• abated
• slowed (down)
• given out
• petered (out)
• frittered (away)
• de-escalated
• tailed (off)
• compressed
• condensed
• contracted
• alleviated
• constricted
• relaxed
• slackened
• sunk
• caved (in)
• flagged
• deflated

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• increased
• built
• grown
• picked up
• expanded
• risen
• accumulated
• mounted
• intensified
• enlarged
• soared
• escalated
• swelled
• waxed
• appeared
• emerged
• shown up
• mushroomed
• burgeoned
• ballooned
• snowballed
• blown up
• lengthened
• elongated
• distended

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of fallen away

Keep an eye out for flowers in which the petals and stamens have fallen away completely. — Alexandra Jones, The Spruce, 21 July 2026

A lot of older structures have fallen away. — Nathan Heller, New Yorker, 1 June 2026

Engagement and enthusiasm from a client that has gradually but undeniably fallen away. — Nell Derick Debevoise Dewey, Forbes.com, 28 May 2026

Others have fallen away, due to injury or fading form. — Uncan Alexander, New York Times, 21 May 2026

The business has since fallen away, but Lorenz’s archival pieces can be found online—Kate’s included. — Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 10 May 2026

People are now seeing the vulnerability of a world that wasn’t really based on laws; it was based on norms of prosecutorial decision and discretion, and that’s sort of fallen away. — ArsTechnica, 8 Apr. 2026

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

Still, Orlando at times this season has fallen away from its defensive identity, which in turn has stumped its offensive output. — Jason Beede, The Orlando Sentinel, 5 Feb. 2026