FADING Synonyms

• a gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number)

• a slow or gradual disappearance

• the act of becoming more distant

• (of a hairline e.g.) moving slowly back

• a sudden or mysterious disappearance

• a sudden disappearance from sight

• (of the Moon) pertaining to the period during which the visible surface of the moon decreases

• a gradual decrease in magnitude or extent

• becoming weaker

• the act of reducing the strength of something

• causing debilitation

• moderating by making pain or sorrow weaker

• causing to become limp or drooping

• any weakening or degeneration (especially through lack of use)

• wreaking or capable of wreaking complete destruction

• making light of

• change toward something smaller or lower

• a condition inferior to an earlier condition; a gradual falling off from a better state; decline

• a gradual decrease; as of stored charge or current

• a downward slope or bend

• grow worse

• not accept as true

• show unwillingness towards

• grow smaller

• go down

• fall in value

• inflect for number, gender, case, etc.

• lose vigor, health, or flesh, as through grief

• have a desire for something or someone who is not present

• become feeble

• wither, as with a loss of moisture

• lose freshness, vigor, or vitality

• turn pale, as if in fear

• cook (vegetables) briefly

• the whiteness that results from removing the color from something

• an agent that makes things white or colorless

• the act of whitening something by bleaching it (exposing it to sunlight or using a chemical bleaching agent)

• cause to become white or lighter in color

• make whiter or lighter

• a change downward

• a process of becoming smaller or shorter

• the amount by which something decreases

• the act of decreasing or reducing something

• decrease in size, extent, or range

• make become smaller

• decrease in size, extent, or range

• lessen the authority, dignity, or reputation of

• the act of leaving secretly or without explanation

• the event of passing out of sight

• gradually ceasing to be visible

• ceasing to exist

• disappear gradually

• group of aircraft operating together under the same ownership

• group of motor vehicles operating together under the same ownership

• a group of steamships operating together under the same ownership

• a group of warships organized as a tactical unit

• moving very fast

• move along rapidly and lightly; skim or dart

• disappear gradually

• lose vigor, health, or flesh, as through grief

• have a desire for something or someone who is not present

• become feeble

• the process whereby heat changes something from a solid to a liquid

• reduce or cause to be reduced from a solid to a liquid state, usually by heating

• become or cause to become soft or liquid

• become more relaxed, easygoing, or genial

• lose its distinct outline or shape; blend gradually

• become less clearly visible or distinguishable; disappear gradually or seemingly

• become less intense and fade away gradually