fresh air

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Fresh air is outdoor air, especially when contrasted with stuffy indoor air: Let's open a window and get some fresh air.

The phrase often implies cleanliness, openness, or invigoration.

A breath of fresh air describes something or someone refreshingly new or different from what came before: After years of bureaucratic delays, her directness was a breath of fresh air.

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step outside · outside · great outdoors · cool · nature · nature walk · brisk · ventilation · open window · crisp · inhale · deep breath · pure · whiff · forest · oxygen · breathe · lung capacity

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Opposites
air quality and circulation

fresh airstagnant air

Atmosphere lacking movement

stuffy · stultifying · foul air · dead air · stuffiness

environmental purity

fresh airsmog

Sunlight-activated urban pollution

pollution · toxic fumes · foul air · exhaust fumes · industrial emissions

metaphorical novelty/invigoration

fresh airsame old thing

Familiar, unchanged situation

staleness · stagnation · tedium · business as usual · old hat

Family

air, fresh, refresh, refreshing, freshness, freshen, freshly, refreshment, refreshed

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G