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fade - 20 thesaurus results
Main Entry: fade
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: lose color
Synonyms: blanch, bleach, clear, dim, disappear, discolor, dissolve, dull, evaporate, muddy, neutralize, pale, tarnish, tone down, vanish, achromatize, become colorless, blench, decolorize, etiolate, evanish, grow dim, lose brightness, lose luster, wash out
Antonyms: brighten, color, sharpen, strengthen
Main Entry: fade
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: dwindle, die out
Synonyms: abate, attenuate, clear, decline, deteriorate, dim, diminish, disappear, disperse, dissolve, droop, ebb, evanesce, evaporate, fail, fall, flag, fold, hush, languish, lessen, melt, moderate, perish, peter out*, quiet, shrivel, sink, taper, thin, tire, vanish, wane, weaken, wilt, wither, deliquesce, die away, die on vine, etiolate, evanish, fag out, melt away, poop out*, rarefy, slack off*, tucker out, waste away
Antonyms: enhance, improve, recover, strengthen
Main Entry: abscond
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: run away, depart secretly
Synonyms: beat it*, bolt*, break, clear out*, decamp, disappear, escape, fade*, flee, get, jump*, leave, make off, pull out, quit, scram*, skedaddle*, slip, split*, take off*, vamoose*, vanish, cut and run, dog it, duck out, fly the coop, go AWOL, go south, hightail, make a break, make scarce, run off, skip out, sneak away, steal away
Antonyms: abide, continue, endure, remain, stay, stop, yield, give up
Main Entry: bleach
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: whiten
Synonyms: blanch, fade, lighten, achromatize, blench, decolor, decolorize, etiolate, grow pale, make pale, peroxide, wash out
Antonyms: blacken, darken, yellow
Main Entry: decay
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: deteriorate, crumble
Synonyms: atrophy, blight, break up, collapse, corrode, curdle, decline, decompose, defile, degenerate, depreciate, discolor, disintegrate, dissolve, dwindle, fade, fail, lessen, mildew, mold, molder, mortify, perish, pollute, putrefy, rot, sap, shrivel, sicken, sink, slump, spoil, suppurate, turn, wane, weaken, wither, be impaired, become contaminated, dry-rot, get worse, go bad, go to seed, go to the dogs, hit rock bottom, hit the skids, pejorate, putresce, reach depths, waste away, wear away
Antonyms: build, develop, flourish, germinate, grow, improve, ripen, strengthen
Main Entry: decrease
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: grow less or make less
Synonyms: abate, calm down, check, contract, crumble, curb, curtail, cut down, decay, decline, degenerate, depreciate, deteriorate, diminish, droop, drop, drop off, dwindle, ease, ebb, evaporate, fade, fall off, lessen, let up, lighten, lower, modify, peter out, quell, quiet, reduce, restrain, settle, shrink, shrivel, sink, slacken, slash, slump, soften, subside, wane, waste, weaken, wear down, wither, devaluate, die down, dry up, lose edge, narrow down, run low, slack off, slow down, tail off, wear away
Antonyms: add, develop, enlarge, expand, grow, increase, raise
Main Entry: deteriorate
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: decay, degenerate
Synonyms: adulterate, alloy, break, corrode, corrupt, crumble, debase, debilitate, decline, decompose, degrade, deprave, depreciate, descend, disintegrate, ebb, fade, fail, fall apart, flag, go to pieces*, impair, injure, languish, lapse, lessen, lower, mar, pervert, regress, retrograde, retrogress, rot, sink, skid, slide, spoil, undermine, vitiate, weaken, worsen, be worse for wear, become worse, disimprove, go downhill, go to pot, go to the dogs, hit the skids, lose it, lose quality, wear away
Notes: to degenerate means 'to decline in value, move lower on a scale' but to deteriorate means 'to worsen, to become lowered, or be reduced in value'; degenerate pertains more to character and virtue while deteriorate is more about loss of strength or vitality
Antonyms: build, construct, develop, improve, get better
Main Entry: dim
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: darken; obscure
Synonyms: becloud, bedim, blear, blur, cloud, dull, eclipse, fade, fog, haze, lower, muddy, obfuscate, pale, tarnish, turn down, befog
Antonyms: brighten, lighten
Main Entry: disappear
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: vanish; cease
Synonyms: abandon, abscond, clear, decamp, depart, die, disperse, dissipate, dissolve, ebb, end, escape, evanesce, evaporate, exit, expire, fade, flee, fly, go, leave, melt, pass, pass away, perish, recede, retire, retreat, sink, vacate, vamoose*, wane, withdraw, be done for, be gone, be lost, be no more, be swallowed up, cease to exist, come to naught, dematerialize, die out, drop out of sight, end gradually, evanish, fade away, go south, leave no trace, melt away, take flight
Antonyms: appear, arrive, come in
Main Entry: droop
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: hang down; languish
Synonyms: bend, dangle, decline, depress, diminish, drop, fade, fail, faint, flag, lean, let down, loll, lop, sag, settle, sink, sling, slouch, slump, subside, suspend, weaken, wilt, wither, fall down
Antonyms: inflate, rise
Main Entry: dwindle
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: waste away; taper off
Synonyms: abate, close, contract, decay, decline, decrease, diminish, drain, drop, ebb, fade, fall, lessen, peter out*, pine, shrink, shrivel, sink, subside, taper, wane, weaken, wither, bate, become smaller, die away, die down, die out, grow less, slack off*
Antonyms: develop, enlarge, expand, extend, grow, increase, save, swell
Main Entry: efface
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: erase
Synonyms: cancel, delete, destroy, edit, eliminate, expunge, fade, obliterate, rub out, wipe out, blot out, blue-pencil, cross out, scratch out, white out
Main Entry: evaporate
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: dry up, dissolve
Synonyms: clear, concentrate, dehydrate, desiccate, disappear, dispel, disperse, dissipate, evanesce, fade, melt, parch, pass, vanish, vaporize, weaken, dehumidify, dematerialize, evanish, fade away
Antonyms: dampen, soak, wet
Main Entry: faint
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: lose consciousness
Synonyms: black out, collapse, drop, fade, fail, fall, flicker, keel over, languish, pass out, succumb, swoon, weaken, be overcome, become unconscious, go out like light
Main Entry: glimmer
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: sparkle
Synonyms: blink, coruscate, fade, flash, flicker, glance, gleam, glint, glisten, glitter, glow, scintillate, shimmer, shine, twinkle, glister
Main Entry: hairstyle
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: cut, style of a head of hair
Synonyms: afro*, bob*, braid, bubble*, bun, chignon, coiffure, cut, do*, fade, flip, haircut, hairdo, headdress, natural, pixie, beehive, blow dry, bouffant, brushcut, crewcut, dreadlocks, ducktail, feather cut, flattop, horse tail, mohawk, pageboy, pigtails, ponytail, razor cut
Main Entry: languish
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: droop; become dull, listless
Synonyms: brood, decline, desire, deteriorate, dwindle, ebb, fade, fail, faint, flag, go to pieces*, grieve, hanker, hunger, knock out, long, pine, repine, rot, sicken, sigh, snivel, sorrow, suffer, waste, weaken, wilt, wither, yearn, be disregarded, be neglected, conk out*, despond, die on vine, fag, fag out, fizzle out, go soft, tucker, waste away
Antonyms: flourish, grow, improve, strengthen
Main Entry: pale
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: become, make lighter or weakened
Synonyms: blanch, decrease, dim, diminish, dull, fade, faint, lessen, muddy, tarnish, whiten, go white, grow dull, lose color, lose luster
Antonyms: brighten, darken, glow, radiate
Main Entry: peter out
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: dwindle, decrease
Synonyms: abate, diminish, drain, ebb, evaporate, fade, fail, lessen, pall, rebate, recede, run out, stop, wane, come to nothing, die out, give out, run dry, taper off
Antonyms: develop, grow, increase
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