Hope of finding the child alive is fading rapidly.
Source: tatoeba (47545)
Fading
/ˈfeɪdɪŋ/
Synonyms for "fading" (220 found)
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Closest matches (44)
Noun(9 words)
attenuationabatementbleachdecay of memorydecaying audiodeclinedeclining prominencedecolorizedecreasing loudness
Strong matches (66)
deformationdegeneracydegeneratedegeneratenessdegenerationdegradationdematerializationdemotiondeparturedepravationdepravednessdepreciationderogationdescentdeterioratingdeteriorationdevolutiondiminishingdisappearancedisappearing
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discolorationdisintegratingdispersiondissipationdissolutiondissolvingdotingdowntrenddownturndownward mobilitydownward trenddrainingdriftdroopingdropdwindlingdyingebbebbingeclipseeffeteeffetenesseliminationephemeralerasureetiolationevanescenceevanescentevaporatingevaporationextinctionfade outfade-outfadeawayfadeout
Noun(11 words)
degradationdeteriorationsdimdiminishdiminishing relevancediminishing tonediminutiondimmingdissipatingebbenfeebling
Related words (110)
Noun(14 words)
fadesfizzlingfluctuationforgettingmemory deteriorationmemory losspalereductionwanewaningwaning influencewaning moonwashoutweaker
failingfailurefailure of nervefallfallingfalling-offfickleflaggingfleetingflittingfly-by-nightflyingfragilefragmentingfrailfugaciousfugitivegetting ongoinggoing to pieces
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growing oldimpermanentimpetuousimpulsiveinconstantinsubstantialinterferenceinvolutionlanguishinglapselighteningloss of tonemadder bleachmarcescentmarket bleachmeltingmomentarymoribundmortalmutablenoisenondurablenonpermanentoccultationpalingpassingperishablepiningrecedingreceptionregressionregressiverelapseretiringretreatingretrocessionretrogradationretrograderetrogressionretrogressivesenescentshort livedshort-livedshrinkingshrivelingsinkingslidingslippageslippingslumpslumpingstaticsubsidingtabetictemporaltemporarytransienttransitivetransitoryundurableunenduringunstablevanishingvanishing pointvolatilewanewaningwastingwhiteningwiltingwipewitheringworsening
Adjective(2 words)
obsolescentscaffolded activity
Verb(1 words)
Related word relations
OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.
More general
14 entriesauditory propertychangedecreasedescriptive adjectivememory processphenomenonprocessqualitative descriptorsignal dynamicsound characteristicstate of change in brightness or colorstate of change in significancetemporal descriptorweakening
More specific
23 entriesRayleigh fadingbrightness losscolor fadecolor fadingcolor lossdim colorepisodic memory fadingfading echofading memoryfading popularityfading signalfading tonefading trendlight fadingmultipath fadingmuted hue
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Collocations
11 entriesfading awayfading colorfading colorsfading influencefading lightfading memoryfading popularityfading processfading reputationfading signalfading trend
Inflections
4 entriesDerivations
4 entriesSample sentences
15 total sentences available.
My concern here is whether the women's movement is fading or not.
Source: tatoeba (61980)
Fighting the fading light he continued to count their names.
Source: tatoeba (327950)
The shadow is fading.
Source: tatoeba (1356965)
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