fade

Meaning

Adj

Weak; insipid; tasteless.

Noun

1. A golf shot that curves intentionally to the player's right (if they are right-handed) or to the left (if left-handed).
2. A haircut where the hair is short or shaved on the sides of the head and longer on top. See also high-top fade and low fade.
3. (slang) A fight.
4. A gradual decrease in the brightness of a shot or the volume of sound or music (as a means of cutting to a new scene or starting a new song).
5. (slang) The act of disappearing from a place so as not to be found; covert departure.

Verb

1. To hit the ball with the shot called a fade.
2. To grow weak; to lose strength; to decay; to perish gradually; to wither, as a plant.
3. To lose freshness, color, or brightness; to become faint in hue or tint; hence, to be wanting in color.
4. To sink away; to disappear gradually; to grow dim; to vanish.
5. To cause to fade.
6. To bet against (someone).

Synonyms

wither

disappear

discolor

wilt

vanish

droop

lose color

discolour

decline

pale

languish

weaken

evanesce

grow pale

fade away

decolorize

whiten

dim

bleach

flag

shrivel

die away

wane

faint

die

💀

abate

go

weak

become dull

drop

melt

pass away

deteriorate

subside

perish

ebb

shrivel up

taper off

decolourize

turn white

emaciate

wither away

colourless

dry up

evaporate

blur

faded

blanch

blow over

become white

fall

waste

attenuate

shrink

dissipate

slice

slicing

be half-dry-half-fresh

come off

become dim

fleet

disappearance

become thin

die out

wonder

turn pale

pass off

pass

slink

smear

stain

tarnish

tedious

tiresome

vamoose

vaporize

wear off

weather

wiped off

wizen

worsen

wrinkle

become dusty

become exhausted

become pale

be heated

change color

change colour

decolor

decolorise

decolour

decolourise

fade-out

grow dark

grow less

grow light

grow stale

grow thinner

make dull

melt away

become calm

turn yellow

be faded

be roasted

be sunburnt

glow red

become weak

be worn off

lose colour

be obscured

grow dull in color

be erased

be faint

cause to wither

become invisible

be dim

dry and shriveled

lose freshness

lose vitality

disappear gradually

dwindle down

finish blossoming

slow death

lose one’s color

lose one’s colour

giwe way

abscond

beat it

blight

blow

boring

break

burn

calm

cease

change

clear

come out

commonplace

darken

deaden

deathlike

decamp

decay

degenerate

die back

die down

diminish

discolouration

dissolve

dizzy

💫

dry

dry out

dusk

dwindle

effaced

etiolate

fading

fail

fall away

fall off

forfeit

get dry

get worse

ghostly

go around

go away

go down

grate

grow old

hush

insipid

irksome

let up

lose

lose weight

macerate

make off

pass over

peel off

peroxide

peter out

pine away

push off

quiet down

retrograde

rot

rub off

run

scarper

scrape

senescence

senility

Pronounced as (IPA)

/feɪd/

Etymology

From Middle English fade, vad, vade (“faded, pale, withered, weak”), from Middle Dutch vade (“weak, faint, limp”), from Old French fade (“weak, witless”), of obscure origin. Probably from Vulgar Latin *fatidus, from Latin fatuus (“insipid”).