fade

1. 1.

   a golf shot that curves to the right for a right-handed golfer

   “he took lessons to cure his slicing”

   Synonymssliceslicing

   Broadergolf stroke
2. 2.

   gradually ceasing to be visible

   Synonymsdisappearance

   Broadertermination

Other forms of fade

plural

fades·

past tense

faded·

present participle

fading·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about fade

What does fade mean?

fade means "become less clearly visible or distinguishable; disappear gradually or seemingly". That is the primary sense; the word has 6 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in fade?

fade has 1 syllable: fade. In IPA it is /ˈfeɪd/.

What is another word for fade?

Close synonyms include melt, wither, evanesce, blow over, pass off. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is fade a common word?

fade is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with fade?

1 word rhymes with fade. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.