Synonyms of fell away

fell away

verb

past tense of fall away

as in decreased

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

• decreased
• fell
• diminished
• subsided
• dropped (off)
• died (away or down or out)
• drained (away)
• tapered off
• vanished
• eased
• declined
• shrunk
• shrank
• tapered
• phased down
• ebbed
• dwindled
• racheted (down)
• waned
• lowered
• moderated
• ratcheted (down)
• lessened
• let up
• receded
• relented
• faded (away)
• weakened
• palled
• melted (away)
• remitted
• petered (out)
• evaporated
• abated
• frittered (away)
• slowed (down)
• de-escalated
• compressed
• gave out
• tailed (off)
• contracted
• condensed
• constricted
• relaxed
• alleviated
• collapsed
• slackened
• flagged
• caved (in)
• sank
• sunk
• deflated

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• increased
• built
• picked up
• grew
• expanded
• rose
• mounted
• accumulated
• intensified
• enlarged
• soared
• escalated
• appeared
• waxed
• swelled
• emerged
• mushroomed
• bourgeoned
• ballooned
• showed up
• burgeoned
• snowballed
• blew up
• lengthened
• elongated
• distended