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| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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: | damage |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cause injury, loss |
| Synonyms: | abuse, batter, bleach, blight, break, burn, contaminate, corrode, corrupt, crack, cripple, deface, defile, dirty, discolor, disfigure, disintegrate, dismantle, fade, gnaw, harm, hurt, impair, incapacitate, infect, injure, lacerate, maim, maltreat, mangle, mar, mutilate, pollute, ravage, rot, ruin, rust, scorch, scratch, smash, split, spoil, stab, stain, tarnish, tear, undermine, vitiate, weaken, wound, wreck, wrong, bang up, scathe, tamper with, wear away, wreak havoc on |
| Antonyms: | benefit, bless, enhance, favor, fix, improve, mend, perfect, repair |
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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