- of or living in water that is fresh or not salt: freshwater fish.
- accustomed to fresh water only, and not to the sea: a freshwater sailor.
- small, provincial, or little known: a freshwater college.
- untrained or of little experience.
- water that does not contain a large amount of salt.
- inland water, as ponds, lakes, or streams, that is not salt.
- of, relating to, or living in fresh water
- (esp of a sailor who has not sailed on the sea) unskilled or inexperienced
- small and little known
