tonic

  • (a) of or relating to or producing normal tone or tonus in muscles or tissue
    • a tonic reflex
    • tonic muscle contraction
  • (a) employing variations in pitch to distinguish meanings of otherwise similar words
    • Chinese is a tonal language
    tonal,
  • (a) used of syllables
    • a tonic syllables carries the main stress in a word
    accented,
  • (s) relating to or being the keynote of a major or minor scale
    • tonic harmony
  • (s) imparting vitality and energy
    • the bracing mountain air
    bracing, refreshful, refreshing, brisk, fresh,

Nouns

  • (n) lime- or lemon-flavored carbonated water containing quinine quinine water, tonic water,
  • (n) a sweet drink containing carbonated water and flavoring
    • in New England they call sodas tonics
    soda pop, pop, soda, soda water,
  • (n) (music) the first note of a diatonic scale keynote,
  • (n) a medicine that strengthens and invigorates restorative,

Synonyms

quinine water tonic water soda pop pop soda soda water tonal accented keynote restorative bracing refreshful refreshing brisk fresh

Antonyms

unaccented atonic

Words of close approximity

tone tons
tonal toned toner Tonga tongs tonne tonus
tonic accent tonic epilepsy tonicity tonic key tonic solfa tonic water