FRESHWATER Synonyms: 10 Similar and Opposite Words

freshwater

adjective

Definition of freshwater next

as in nonsaline

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Recent Examples of freshwater The sighting highlights the importance of the park for freshwater biodiversity. —

Real-Time News Team, Miami Herald, 3 Oct. 2025 The breakthrough could speed up large-scale hydrogen production by enabling stable output directly from seawater, not just freshwater. —

Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 17 Sep. 2025 Evidence suggests there are offshore freshwater reserves in every continent, Dugan said. —

Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 17 Sep. 2025 Oil spills can be especially damaging in freshwater environments, such as Lake Superior. —

Anna Skinner, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for freshwater

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pure

Adjective

California lifestyle If the architecture and location are pure aspirational California living, the Instagram campaign is something else entirely.

— David Caraccio, Sacbee.com, 21 Feb. 2026
And in one of Fennell’s wildest edits, pure-hearted girl next door Isabella Linton (Alison Oliver) becomes a scary-horny savant à la Emma Stone in Poor Things, with a fabulous voodoo dollhouse and a questionably consensual taste for S&M.

— Anna Gaca, Pitchfork, 20 Feb. 2026