faded

The word “faded” has 2 syllables: fad-ed

It's pronounced as /ˈfeɪdɪd/


What is synonym and antonym for faded?

In the thesaurus, “faded” has 99 synonyms and 86 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for faded along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for faded

Antonyms for faded

  • active
  • appeared
  • arrived
  • blackened
  • blotched
  • bright
  • brightened
  • brilliant
  • broke out
  • burnished
  • came out
  • checkered
  • chromatic
  • clear
  • colored
  • colorful
  • convalesced
  • dappled
  • dark
  • darkened
  • daubed
  • deep
  • deepened
  • discolored
  • dyed
  • embrowned
  • emerged
  • flashy
  • flecked
  • fresh
  • gained
  • garish
  • gaudy
  • gay
  • good
  • intelligent
  • issued
  • light
  • loomed
  • loud
  • marbled
  • materialized
  • motley
  • mottled
  • multicolored
  • new
  • nice
  • painted
  • patterned
  • pigmented
  • polished
  • polychromatic
  • polychrome
  • polychromed
  • prismatic
  • rainbow
  • rallied
  • rebounded
  • recovered
  • recuperated
  • rich
  • shaded
  • shined
  • shone
  • showed up
  • showy
  • smart
  • specked
  • speckled
  • splashy
  • splotched
  • spotted
  • stained
  • streaked
  • strengthened
  • striated
  • striped
  • tarnished
  • tinctured
  • tinged
  • tinted
  • unused
  • varicolored
  • variegated
  • vibrant
  • vivid

Meanings of faded

  • verb
    1. To grow weak; to lose strength; to decay; to perish gradually; to wither, as a plant.
    2. To lose freshness, color, or brightness; to become faint in hue or tint; hence, to be wanting in color.
    3. To sink away; to disappear gradually; to grow dim; to vanish.
    4. To cause to fade.
    5. To bet against.
  • adjective
    1. (sometimes figurative) That has lost some of its former colour or intensity.
    2. High on drugs; stoned.

Example Sentences

  • The once vibrant colors of the painting had faded over time, giving it a nostalgic charm.
  • Her memories of the old house had faded with the passing years, but she still cherished them dearly.
  • The flowers in the garden looked wilted and faded under the scorching sun.
  • The lettering on the sign had faded so much that it was barely readable.
  • His enthusiasm for the project had faded as obstacles mounted, but he remained determined to see it through.

On this page you'll find 185 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to faded, such as: achromatic, active, appeared, arrived, ashen, bedraggled, blackened.

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Related Words

failed

  • abortive
  • acted up
  • atrocious
  • average
  • bad
  • bankrupt
  • bombed
  • broke
  • broke down
  • broken
  • busted
  • came a cropper
  • came to grief
  • came up empty
  • chagrined
  • cheated
  • collapsed
  • collapsing
  • crashed
  • cratered
  • crumbled
  • cut out
  • decayed
  • deceived
  • declined
  • declining
  • defaulted
  • defeated
  • deficient
  • degenerated
  • deluded
  • depleted
  • destitute
  • destroyed
  • deteriorated
  • died
  • died on the vine
  • disappointed
  • disappointing
  • disastrous
  • discontented
  • disenchanted
  • disgruntled
  • disillusioned
  • displeased
  • disregarded
  • dissatisfied
  • distressed
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  • drooped
  • emaciated
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  • exhausted
  • faded
  • failing
  • fell flat
  • fell short
  • fizzled
  • flagged
  • flamed out
  • flopped
  • flopping
  • floundered
  • flunked
  • flunking
  • foiled
  • folded
  • folding
  • foreclosed
  • forgot
  • foundered
  • fruitless
  • futile
  • futureless
  • gave out
  • hopeless
  • ignored
  • ill-fated
  • imploded
  • impoverished
  • in Chapter 11
  • in Chapter 13
  • in receivership
  • in the red
  • inadequate
  • inauspicious
  • indebted
  • ineffective
  • ineffectual
  • inferior
  • insolvent
  • jammed
  • kaput
  • kaputt
  • kerflooey
  • lacking
  • lagged
  • laid an egg
  • languished
  • let down
  • losing
  • lost
  • low-grade
  • malfunctioned
  • mediocre
  • miscarried
  • misfired
  • missed
  • missed out on
  • mocked
  • neglected
  • no-good
  • normal
  • omitted
  • on the rocks
  • ordinary
  • out of business
  • out of money
  • overlooked
  • overpassed
  • passed over
  • poor
  • pretermitted
  • ran down
  • representative
  • rotted
  • ruined
  • sagged
  • sank
  • second-class
  • second-rate
  • self-destructed
  • skidded
  • skipped
  • slid
  • slighted
  • slipped
  • slipping
  • slumped
  • slumping
  • spent
  • sputtered
  • stalled
  • strapped
  • struck out
  • struggled
  • substandard
  • sunk
  • taken to the cleaners
  • tanked
  • tapped out
  • thwarted
  • typical
  • unavailing
  • unbalanced
  • undone
  • unlucky
  • unproductive
  • unpromising
  • unsatisfactory
  • unsuccessful
  • upset
  • useless
  • vain
  • vile
  • waned
  • waning
  • washed out
  • washing-out
  • weakened
  • went
  • went under
  • wheezed
  • wilted
  • wiped-out
  • withered
  • wore out
  • worthless
  • wrecked
  • wretched
  • yielded

sagged

pale

  • achromatic
  • anemic
  • ashen
  • ashy
  • bar
  • barricade
  • barrier
  • blanch
  • blanched
  • bleach
  • bleached
  • blear
  • bleary
  • blench
  • block
  • bloodless
  • blurry
  • brighten
  • buffer
  • bulwark
  • bumper
  • cadaverous
  • chain
  • clog
  • colorless
  • constraint
  • crimp
  • curb
  • cushion
  • dam
  • dark
  • deathlike
  • decolorize
  • decrease
  • deterrent
  • dim
  • diminish
  • dirty
  • doughy
  • drag
  • dull
  • dulled
  • dusky
  • embarrassment
  • encumbrance
  • etiolate
  • fade
  • faded
  • faint
  • feeble
  • fence
  • fender
  • fetter
  • flat
  • foggy
  • frost
  • fuzzy
  • gauzy
  • ghastly
  • gloomy
  • go white
  • gray
  • grey
  • grow dull
  • haggard
  • handicap
  • hazy
  • hedge
  • hieroglyphic
  • hieroglyphical
  • hindrance
  • hobble
  • hurdle
  • impalpable
  • impediment
  • inadequate
  • inappreciable
  • incomprehensible
  • indecipherable
  • indefinite
  • indiscernible
  • indistinct
  • indistinguishable
  • ineffective
  • ineffectual
  • inexplicable
  • inhibition
  • insubstantial
  • intangible
  • interference
  • invisible
  • lackluster
  • lessen
  • let
  • light
  • lighten
  • livid
  • lose color
  • lose luster
  • lurid
  • lusterless
  • manacle
  • mat
  • matt
  • matte
  • mealy
  • misty
  • muddy
  • murky
  • mysterious
  • nebulous
  • neutral
  • obfuscatory
  • obscure
  • obstacle
  • obstruction
  • opaque
  • pad
  • paled
  • paling
  • pallid
  • pastel
  • pasty
  • peaked
  • poor
  • puzzling
  • rampart
  • restraint
  • roadblock
  • sallow
  • sallowish
  • shadowy
  • sick
  • sickly
  • silver
  • snag
  • snow
  • spectral
  • stop
  • stumbling block
  • tarnish
  • thin
  • trammel
  • unclear
  • uncolored
  • undefined
  • undetermined
  • undyed
  • unpainted
  • unstained
  • unsubstantial
  • untanned
  • vague
  • wall
  • wan
  • wash out
  • washed
  • washed-out
  • washy
  • waxen
  • waxlike
  • waxy
  • weak
  • whey-faced
  • white
  • white-faced
  • whiten
  • whitened
  • whitewash
  • whitish

fagged

  • all in
  • annoyed
  • ashen
  • asleep
  • attacked
  • banged away
  • beat
  • been around
  • blah
  • bleary
  • blown
  • bone-tired
  • bored
  • bowed low
  • broke
  • broken-down
  • burned out
  • burnt out
  • bushed
  • bust
  • busted
  • careworn
  • collapsing
  • consumed
  • cool
  • dead
  • dead tired
  • debilitated
  • dejected
  • depleted
  • depressed
  • did in
  • did up
  • disarmed
  • disbursed
  • discontented
  • disgusted
  • dissipated
  • distressed
  • dog-tired
  • done
  • done for
  • done in
  • done it all
  • down the drain
  • drained
  • drawn
  • drooping
  • droopy
  • drove
  • drowned
  • drowsy
  • drudged
  • dug in
  • dulled
  • effete
  • eked out
  • emaciated
  • empty
  • endeavored
  • enervated
  • enfeebled
  • essayed
  • exasperated
  • exercised
  • exerted
  • exhausted
  • expended
  • faded
  • faint
  • far-gone
  • fatigued
  • fed up
  • finished
  • flagging
  • frazzled
  • fretted
  • gaunt
  • ghastly
  • grubbed
  • had it
  • haggard
  • harassed
  • humped
  • hustled
  • immobilized
  • impatient
  • incapacitated
  • inconsolable
  • indifferent
  • irked
  • irritated
  • jaded
  • killed
  • knocked out
  • knocked over
  • knuckled down
  • labored
  • lank
  • lean
  • limp
  • lost
  • moiled
  • narcoleptic
  • obedient
  • on last leg
  • out of gas
  • outwore
  • overcome
  • overexerted
  • overtaxed
  • overworked
  • pale
  • pallid
  • paralyzed
  • petered out
  • pinched
  • pitched in
  • played-out
  • plodded
  • plowed
  • plugged
  • pooped
  • prostrate
  • prostrated
  • punchy
  • put out
  • ready to drop
  • run down
  • sapped
  • sated
  • satiated
  • scrabbled
  • scraggy
  • scratched
  • scrawny
  • shattered
  • shot
  • shrunken
  • sick and tired
  • sick of
  • skinny
  • slaved
  • sleepy
  • slogged
  • spare
  • spent
  • stale
  • starved
  • strained
  • strived
  • strove
  • struggled
  • surfeited
  • sweat
  • sweat blood
  • sweated
  • sweated blood
  • taxed
  • thin
  • thrown away
  • tired
  • tired-out
  • toiled
  • travailed
  • tried
  • trudged
  • tuckered
  • tuckered out
  • tugged
  • up to here
  • used
  • used-up
  • waded
  • wan
  • washed out
  • washed-out
  • washed-up
  • wasted
  • weak
  • weakened
  • wearied
  • weary
  • wiped-out
  • wore
  • wore out
  • wore to a frazzle
  • worked
  • worn
  • worn-down
  • worn-out
  • wrinkled
  • wrought
  • zonked

raggedy

  • badly dressed
  • badly worn
  • battered
  • bedraggled
  • broken
  • broken-down
  • decrepit
  • dilapidated
  • dingy
  • dog-eared
  • dowdy
  • down-at-heel
  • down-at-heels
  • down-at-the-heel
  • down-at-the-heels
  • faded
  • frayed
  • frazzled
  • full of holes
  • grungy
  • holey
  • in rags
  • in shreds
  • in tatters
  • lacerate
  • lacerated
  • mangy
  • moth-eaten
  • out at elbows
  • out at the elbows
  • patchy
  • poorly made
  • ragged
  • ragtag
  • ratty
  • ripped
  • rugged
  • run-down
  • scraggy
  • scroungy
  • scruffy
  • scuzzy
  • seedy
  • shabby
  • shaggy
  • shoddy
  • shredded
  • tacky
  • tatterdemalion
  • tattered
  • threadbare
  • torn
  • torn to pieces
  • unkempt
  • worn-out

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