Fresh meaning

What does “fresh” mean? Definitions, examples, synonyms and opposites.

“fresh” is an adjective and adverb with 13 meanings. Its most common meaning is: recently made, produced, or harvested.

fresh

recently made, produced, or harvested
“fresh bread”
“a fresh scent”
Oppositesstale
(of a cycle) beginning or occurring again
“a fresh start”
“fresh ideas”
imparting vitality and energy
“the bracing mountain air”
Synonymsbracing brisk refreshing refreshful tonic
original and of a kind not seen before
“the computer produced a completely novel proof of a well-known theorem”
Synonymsnew novel
not canned or otherwise preserved
“fresh vegetables”
Oppositespreserved
not containing or composed of salt water
“fresh water”
Synonymssweet
Oppositessalty
having recently calved and therefore able to give milk
“the cow is fresh”
with restored energy
Synonymsinvigorated refreshed reinvigorated
not soured or preserved
“sweet milk”
Synonymssweet unfermented
free from impurities
“clean water”
“fresh air”
Synonymsclean
not yet used or soiled
“a fresh shirt”
“a fresh sheet of paper”
Synonymsunused
improperly forward or bold
“don't be fresh with me”
“impertinent of a child to lecture a grownup”
Synonymsimpertinent impudent overbold smart saucy sassy wise

very recently
“they are newly married”
“newly raised objections”
Synonymsnewly freshly new

Source: WordNet 3.1, Princeton University