fade out

1. 1.

   become weaker

   “The sound faded out”

   Synonymsdissolvefade away

   Broaderchange state

Questions about fade out

What does fade out mean?

fade out means "become weaker".

What is another word for fade out?

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

fade out 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.