What is another word for freshwater?

Pronunciation: [fɹˈɛʃwɔːtə] (IPA)

Freshwater is a term used to describe water that has low salinity or is not saline in nature. There are many synonyms that can be used in place of this word. For instance, water that is not salty can be referred to as potable or sweet water. It can also be described as clean, clear, or pure water. Other synonyms for freshwater include uncontaminated water, rainwater, and unsalted water. In addition, the term freshwater can also be replaced with terms such as non-brackish or non-seawater. All these synonyms describe the same property, which is quality water without high salt content.

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  • Forward Entailment

    • Proper noun, singular
      water.
    • Noun, singular or mass
      water.
  • Other Related

    • Proper noun, singular
      fresh, tanshui.
    • Noun, singular or mass
      fresh.

What are the hypernyms for Freshwater?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.
  • Other hypernyms:

    h2o, liquid water, Aqueous substance.

What are the opposite words for freshwater?

The word "freshwater" refers to water that does not contain any significant amount of salt. Antonyms for freshwater include "saltwater," "brackish," and "oceanic." Saltwater is water that has high salinity, which is commonly found in oceans, seas, and salt lakes. Brackish water is a mixture of freshwater and saltwater typically found in estuaries and mangrove swamps. Oceanic water is also an antonym for freshwater, which is water that covers most parts of the earth's surface and has a high concentration of salt. These antonyms are particularly fundamental as they describe different types of water that serve unique purposes in the ecosystem.

Usage examples for Freshwater

Powhatan and the Indians had withdrawn, but the werowance had sent a messenger with a necklace and bracelet of freshwater pearls with words of affection for "his son" and to say that he would shortly send them supper from his own pots, that they might want for nothing that night.
"The Princess Pocahontas"
Virginia Watson
Some had been digging in the mud for worms, others searching for freshwater muscles; and if the whole could have been witnessed unperceived, such a scene of domestic life amongst the aborigines had been worth a little more risk.
"Journal of an Expedition into the Interior of Tropical Australia In Search of a Route from Sydney to the Gulf of Carpentaria (1848) by Lt. Col. Sir Thomas Livingstone Mitchell Kt. D.C.L. (1792-1855) Surveyor-General of New South Wales"
Thomas Mitchell
But they were only freshwater sailors; since, though they lived on the water, they avoided the open sea.
"The Ethnology of the British Colonies and Dependencies"
Robert Gordon Latham

Famous quotes with Freshwater

  • All I know about thermal pollution is that if we continue our present rate of growth in electrical energy consumption it will simply take, by the year 2000, all our freshwater streams to cool the generators and reactors.
    David R. Brower
  • These small freshwater fish
    Amit Chaudhuri

Related words: freshwater ecology, freshwater fish, freshwater mussels, freshwater aquatic plants, freshwater habitats, freshwater animal life, freshwater food chain, submersed aquatic plants, freshwater food web

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