Synonyms of fell away

fell away

verb

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• increased
• built
• picked up
• grew
• expanded
• rose
• mounted
• accumulated
• intensified
• enlarged
• soared
• escalated
• appeared
• swelled
• waxed
• emerged
• showed up
• mushroomed
• burgeoned
• ballooned
• snowballed
• blew up
• lengthened
• elongated
• distended

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of fell away

This was decided by the storage capacity of early records and commercially reified for decades after the practical limitations fell away. — Brian Howe, Pitchfork, 21 July 2026

Critics of the network business say the successful production and distribution arm has kept ITV’s share price from tanking over recent years as the TV ad market fell away, though that is just one read of the situation. — Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 5 July 2026

But over the 99 minutes of gameplay, some of those similarities fell away. — Ben Church, CNN Money, 23 June 2026

In response to the crisis, health policy and regulatory barriers that had long limited telemedicine fell away almost overnight. — Iyesatta Massaquoi Emeli, STAT, 2 June 2026

SpaceX Two minutes and 24 seconds after liftoff, now out of the dense lower atmosphere, the Starship upper stage's six Raptors ignited just before the Super Heavy first stage fell away. — William Harwood, CBS News, 22 May 2026

There was a silent boom; in the thrill of the snake, everything unnecessary fell away. — Literary Hub, 1 May 2026

Three minutes into the flight, the booster switched off its engines and fell away from New Glenn’s upper stage, powered by two BE-3U engines burning liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen. — Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 19 Apr. 2026

Sooner or later, those fans and hands fell away, and the statues remained, growing less and less presentable. — Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 2 Apr. 2026