fade away

1. 1.

   become weaker

   “The sound faded out”

   Synonymsdissolvefade out

   Broaderchange state

Questions about fade away

What does fade away mean?

fade away means "become weaker".

What is another word for fade away?

Close synonyms include dissolve, fade out. 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 away a common word?

fade away is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.