Sweetwater

Northwest Texas city

Sweetwater is water that is fresh rather than salty or brackish—drinkable water from rivers, lakes, or springs.

The term appears most often as a place name for towns, creeks, and geographic features across the American West, where finding fresh water was essential to settlement: The trail followed Sweetwater Creek.

Sweetwater is also a major retailer of musical instruments and audio equipment.

water

spring

Recoiling metal spiral

  • aquiferGroundwater-bearing geological formation
  • freshwaterNon-saline aquatic environment
  • wellDug water source

creek · stream · oasis · groundwater · drinking · pure · clean · natural · flowing · source

geographic

Texas

Second-largest American state

  • countyLocal administrative division
  • townMid-sized settlement
  • riverLarge flowing watercourse

valley · place · region · community · locale · settlement · district · territory · municipality · rural

music

band

Group playing music together

  • songMusical piece with words
  • albumUnified collection of recordings
  • countrySovereign state or territory

bluegrass · folk · Grateful Dead · jam · rock · hippie · festival · lyrics · melody · genre

audio

gear

Toothed wheel or belongings

instruments · guitars · keyboards · amplifiers · recording · microphones · pedals · interface · software · musicians

Opposites
water quality/taste

Sweetwatersaltwater

Ocean water, chemically speaking

brine · brackish water · seawater · saline · hard water

geographic connotation

SweetwaterDead Sea

Landlocked hypersaline lake

Salt Lake · Death Valley

Family

sweet, water, sweeter, sweetest, sweetly, sweetness, sweeten, sweetened, sweetening

Familiarity
Top 1,000,000
Profile
Mostly American · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G