Synonyms of falling away

falling away

verb

present participle of fall away

as in decreasing

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

• decreasing
• diminishing
• subsiding
• dropping (off)
• dying (away or down or out)
• draining (away)
• tapering off
• falling
• declining
• ratcheting (down)
• vanishing
• easing
• letting up
• shrinking
• racheting (down)
• phasing down
• tapering
• ebbing
• waning
• melting (away)
• moderating
• dwindling
• lowering
• receding
• fading (away)
• lessening
• weakening
• tailing (off)
• petering (out)
• relenting
• frittering (away)
• slowing (down)
• remitting
• giving out
• evaporating
• palling
• abating
• de-escalating
• compressing
• collapsing
• contracting
• condensing
• caving (in)
• alleviating
• constricting
• relaxing
• slackening
• flagging
• sinking
• deflating

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• increasing
• growing
• picking up
• rising
• building
• expanding
• swelling
• mounting
• soaring
• escalating
• accumulating
• intensifying
• enlarging
• burgeoning
• showing up
• emerging
• appearing
• mushrooming
• waxing
• blowing up
• snowballing
• ballooning
• lengthening
• elongating
• distending

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of falling away

My belief is that Benedict literally thought that the historic falling away from the church during his papacy was a sign of the end times. — David Gibson, The Verge, 20 Oct. 2026

The gatekeepers who controlled which stories were told to the wider public are falling away. — Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 7 Oct. 2026

When algorithms see these frictions falling away, the need for a driver premium plummets, deflating the surge price. — Christopher S. Tang, The Conversation, 8 July 2026

But the memorandum drafted between Kyiv and Washington on an early-stage drone deal appears to suggest those obstacles may be falling away. — Aidan Stretch, CBS News, 12 May 2026

On Wednesday, Mikel Arteta’s side face Bayer Leverkusen, who sit sixth in the Bundesliga after falling away since their famous unbeaten title-winning season in 2023-24. — Conor O'Neill, New York Times, 10 Mar. 2026

That means some of the oddball stuff that had a moment toward the end of the Peak TV boom is falling away, sadly — no one’s greenlighting something as off kilter as The OA or Servant these days. — Rick Porter, HollywoodReporter, 21 Feb. 2026

Sunrays strobed down through the water, illuminating layer upon layer of marine life, falling away to the ocean floor some 15 feet below. — Flora Stubbs, Travel + Leisure, 7 Feb. 2026

True dandruff usually appears as larger white-to-yellow flakes with a slightly oily texture that stick to the scalp and hair rather than falling away like fine powder. — Allure, 18 Dec. 2025