faded
adjective
fad·ed ˈfā-dəd 
1
: having lost freshness or depth of color
faded jeans
a faded photograph from 1931
2
: having weakened or diminished with the passage of time
a faded memory
I lie on the bed and look out the window then at the room's whitewashed walls with their message of past and faded glory.
Lynne Tillman
Lynne Tillman
Synonyms
- dull
- dulled
- light
- pale
- pastel
- washed-out
- washy
See all Synonyms & Antonyms 
Word History
First Known Use
15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Phrases Containing faded
faded 1 of 2
adjective
as in dulled
lacking intensity of color rather than buy faded jeans, I get the dark blues and let time and the washing machine do their thing Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- dulled
- pale
- light
- dull
- faint
- washed-out
- washy
- pastel
- white
- dim
- bleached
- gray
- washed
- neutral
- lackluster
- lusterless
- grey
- matte
- dirty
- muddy
- mat
- blanched
- whitened
- indistinct
- colorless
- unstained
- uncolored
- unpainted
- achromatic
- flat
- matt
- undyed
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- dark
- rich
- deep
- vivid
- bright
- colored
- stained
- painted
- vibrant
- brilliant
- tinted
- gay
- tinged
- dyed
- colorful
- chromatic
- rainbow
- multicolored
- variegated
- loud
- gaudy
- prismatic
- garish
- showy
- flashy
- varicolored
- polychromatic
- polychrome
- motley
- splashy
faded
2 of 2verb
1
as in disappeared
to cease to be visible the departing ship gradually faded over the horizon Synonyms & Similar Words
- disappeared
- vanished
- melted
- evaporated
- dissipated
- flew
- fled
- dissolved
- blurred
- sunk
- sank
- dematerialized
- evanesced
- dimmed
- dispersed
- dropped out of sight
- dried up
- cleared
- blanked (out)
- died (away or down or out)
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- appeared
- emerged
- arrived
- materialized
- loomed
- issued
- broke out
- came out
- showed up
2
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 Synonyms & Similar Words
- bleached
- brightened
- dulled
- paled
- blanched
- whitened
- dimmed
- blenched
- decolorized
- lightened
- washed out
- snowed
- matted
- whitewashed
- silvered
- frosted
- etiolated
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- darkened
- deepened
- streaked
- discolored
- blackened
- painted
- shaded
- flecked
- mottled
- spotted
- speckled
- stained
- blotched
- tinted
- striped
- checkered
- tinged
- colored
- tarnished
- dyed
- patterned
- daubed
- striated
- splotched
- embrowned
- variegated
- marbled
- burnished
- shone
- shined
- dappled
- specked
- polished
- pigmented
- tinctured
- polychromed
3
as in weakened
to lose bodily strength or vigor began to fade after battling the disease for years Synonyms & Similar Words
- weakened
- sagged
- decayed
- sunk
- drooped
- sank
- went
- failed
- wilted
- withered
- lagged
- languished
- flagged
- emaciated
- deteriorated
- rotted
- degenerated
- yielded
- wasted (away)
- broke down
- wore out
- ran down
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- recovered
- recuperated
- rebounded
- rallied
- gained
- convalesced