Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun fading
1 sense of fading
Sense 1
attenuation, fading -- (weakening in force or intensity; "attenuation in the volume of the sound")
=> weakening -- (becoming weaker)
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb fade
4 senses of fade
Sense 1
fade, melt -- (become less clearly visible or distinguishable; disappear gradually or seemingly; "The scene begins to fade"; "The tree trunks are melting into the forest at dusk")
=> weaken -- (become weaker; "The prisoner's resistance weakened after seven days")
Sense 2
fade, wither -- (lose freshness, vigor, or vitality; "Her bloom was fading")
=> disappear, vanish, go away -- (get lost, as without warning or explanation; "He disappeared without a trace")
Sense 3
evanesce, fade, blow over, pass off, fleet, pass -- (disappear gradually; "The pain eventually passed off")
=> disappear, vanish, go away -- (get lost, as without warning or explanation; "He disappeared without a trace")
Sense 4
languish, fade -- (become feeble; "The prisoner has be languishing for years in the dungeon")
=> devolve, deteriorate, drop, degenerate -- (grow worse; "Her condition deteriorated"; "Conditions in the slums degenerated"; "The discussion devolved into a shouting match")