FADED Synonyms: 158 Similar and Opposite Words

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adjective

ˈfā-dəd

Definition of faded

as in pale

lacking intensity of color rather than buy faded jeans, I get the dark blues and let time and the washing machine do their thing

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faded

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verb

past tense of fade

as in disappeared

to cease to be visible the departing ship gradually faded over the horizon

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as in bleached

to make white or whiter by removing color years of harsh sunlight had faded the car, which was once fire-engine red

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as in weakened

to lose bodily strength or vigor began to fade after battling the disease for years

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Recent Examples of faded

Adjective

Choose between four wearable shades—a dark indigo, a medium-light blue, a super faded light wash, and black. — Jordan Julian, InStyle, 11 Sep. 2026 Ben Rahilly owns an appliance store, a gift shop, a furniture store and a concrete business in Newberry, a faded logging town about 60 miles west of the Canadian border. — Russ McNamara, NPR, 2 Sep. 2026

Verb

Painting Wallpaper to Revive Walls A popular cure for dirty or faded wallpaper is to paint it. — Lee Wallender, The Spruce, 15 Oct. 2026 Alas, the timber industry faded, a mail delivery contract was lost and railroad ownership changed hands. — Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for faded

Recent Examples of Synonyms for faded

Adjective

But most visitors were gathered around one explosively colorful painting in swirling shades of light and dark blue, bottle green, and pale gold.

— Joan Martelli, Time, 17 Oct. 2026
Instead, the surrounding sky darkens, increasing the contrast until the pale daytime moon seems to switch on at dusk and grow increasingly brilliant.

— Jamie Carter, Space.com, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of pale

Verb

Lin was subsequently disappeared from the film, all sources concurred, and Belgrad stepped in as the primary Netflix exec overseeing the project (until, of course, he was laid off last week).

— Matt Donnelly, Variety, 20 Oct. 2026
Amelia Earhart and her navigator, Fred Noonan, disappeared in their Lockheed Electra 10-E while on a journey around the world.

— Marlene Lenthang, NBC news, 19 Oct. 2026

Definition of disappeared

Verb

Eco effort While over 80% of the reefs around the resort were bleached following the dramatic temperature rises of El Nino in 2016, the resort is throwing everything at its coral nursery and the green shoots are showing.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Oct. 2026
The large works seem to be on the verge of becoming ghostly, bleached by the same relentless Florida sunlight that makes Miami Beach so visually seductive.

— Erin Parish, Miami Herald, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of bleached

Adjective

In modern nuclear weapons, conventional explosives set off a fission reaction—the splitting of big atoms—whose intensity then ignites a fusion reaction that combines light atoms.

— Sarah Scoles, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026
Birkin asked her seatmate why the company didn’t yet make a handbag that was bigger than the Kelly, but smaller and lighter than the Hermès’s Haut à Courroies, which her ex Serge Gainsbourg had carried for years.

— Marisa Meltzer, Vanity Fair, 19 Oct. 2026

Definition of light

Verb

Earhart and her navigator, Fred Noonan, vanished 22,000 miles into their expedition.

— Lana Zak, CBS News, 15 Oct. 2026
There, researchers have just announced that AI may help hasten the return of the extinct dodo, with the flightless bird, which vanished from the world more than 350 years ago, likely walking among us again sometime in the early 2030s.

— Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of vanished

Verb

Soft yellow and tricolors of the French flag brightened the palette.

— Rhonda Richford, Footwear News, 9 Oct. 2026
The green is equally luscious in texture, made with chicken thigh and skin, but intensely herbaceous, brightened with parsley, cilantro, poblano and jalapeño.

— Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 5 Oct. 2026

Definition of brightened

Verb

In the grayness that should have been sunrise that morning, dark clouds sagged baggily over the very treetops, bulging as if ready to split under their liquid weight.

— Gerald R. Hunter, Outdoor Life, 15 Oct. 2026
Somehow, however, that team, which sagged to 0-7, won five of its last nine games and finished 5-11.

— Chris Perkins, Sun Sentinel, 14 Oct. 2026