Synonyms of falls away

falls away

verb

present tense third-person singular of fall away

as in decreases

to grow less in scope or intensity especially gradually

as the years went by, the public's interest in the murder case fell away

Synonyms & Similar Words

• decreases
• diminishes
• subsides
• falls
• tapers off
• declines
• dies (away or down or out)
• drops (off)
• drains (away)
• eases
• vanishes
• shrinks
• ebbs
• moderates
• phases down
• lets up
• wanes
• tapers
• palls
• rachets (down)
• dwindles
• ratchets (down)
• recedes
• weakens
• lessens
• lowers
• melts (away)
• remits
• fades (away)
• relents
• evaporates
• tails (off)
• slows (down)
• abates
• peters (out)
• de-escalates
• gives out
• collapses
• contracts
• compresses
• fritters (away)
• alleviates
• constricts
• condenses
• slackens
• relaxes
• sinks
• flags
• caves (in)
• deflates

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• increases
• builds
• rises
• grows
• mushrooms
• picks up
• expands
• intensifies
• accumulates
• appears
• soars
• swells
• mounts
• escalates
• enlarges
• waxes
• emerges
• shows up
• snowballs
• bourgeons
• burgeons
• balloons
• blows up
• lengthens
• distends
• elongates