Synonyms for tonic
ˈtɒn ɪkton·ic

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1. tonic, tonic water, quinine waternoun

   lime- or lemon-flavored carbonated water containing quinine

   Synonyms:
   soda water, tonic water, soda pop, quinine water, keynote, soda, restorative, pop

   Antonyms:
   unkeyed, debilitating, atonic, atonal, unaccented

2. pop, soda, soda pop, soda water, tonicnoun

   a sweet drink containing carbonated water and flavoring

   "in New England they call sodas tonics"

   Synonyms:
   dada, soda ash, club soda, sodium carbonate, pa, keynote, popping, pappa, dad, seltzer, washing soda, sparkling water, pop, papa, daddy, restorative, carbonated water, sal soda, pop music, quinine water, tonic water, soda water, soda pop, soda

   Antonyms:
   atonal, debilitating, unaccented, atonic, unkeyed

3. tonic, keynotenoun

   (music) the first note of a diatonic scale

   Synonyms:
   soda water, tonic water, soda pop, quinine water, keynote, soda, restorative, pop

   Antonyms:
   unkeyed, atonal, debilitating, unaccented, atonic

4. tonic, restorativeadjective

   a medicine that strengthens and invigorates

   Synonyms:
   soda water, tonic water, soda pop, quinine water, keynote, soda, restorative, corrective, pop

   Antonyms:
   debilitating, unaccented, atonal, atonic, unkeyed

5. tonicadjective

   of or relating to or producing normal tone or tonus in muscles or tissue

   "a tonic reflex"; "tonic muscle contraction"

   Synonyms:
   brisk, accented, tonal, fresh, bracing, refreshing, refreshful

   Antonyms:
   unkeyed, unaccented, atonal, debilitating, atonic

6. tonic, tonaladjective

   employing variations in pitch to distinguish meanings of otherwise similar words

   "Chinese is a tonal language"

   Synonyms:
   refreshful, tonal, accented, bracing, refreshing, brisk, fresh

   Antonyms:
   unkeyed, atonal, atonic, debilitating, unaccented

7. tonic, accentedadjective

   used of syllables

   "a tonic syllables carries the main stress in a word"

   Synonyms:
   refreshful, tonal, accented, bracing, refreshing, brisk, stressed, fresh

   Antonyms:
   atonal, debilitating, unaccented, unkeyed, atonic

8. tonicadjective

   relating to or being the keynote of a major or minor scale

   "tonic harmony"

   Synonyms:
   brisk, accented, tonal, fresh, bracing, refreshing, refreshful

   Antonyms:
   unaccented, unkeyed, atonal, atonic, debilitating

9. bracing, brisk, fresh, refreshing, refreshful, tonicadjective

   imparting vitality and energy

   "the bracing mountain air"

   Synonyms:
   spanking, bracing, wise, refreshful, lively, refreshing, fresh, new, snappy, novel, brisk, tonal, smart, reinvigorated, unfermented, accented, impertinent, sweet, unused, saucy, merry, clean, sassy, impudent, refreshed, invigorated, zippy, rattling, overbold, alert

   Antonyms:
   atonic, unaccented, debilitating, unkeyed, atonal

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   • Physiology
   • Soft Drink

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1. tonicnoun

   Synonyms:
   strengthening medicine

2. tonicnoun

   Synonyms:
   (Music.) key, key-note, first note of the scale, fundamental note

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1. tonicnoun

   Synonyms:
   invigorant, roborant

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1. tonic

   Synonyms:
   Soft drink, see there
   

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1. Andy Vandervell:

   If you've ever bought a keyboard for your iPad and found that experience frustrating, the new MacBook is the perfect tonic.

2. Angela Kelly:

   I was thinking, ‘Goodness me, I need a gin and tonic.’ So while the queen was under the dryer I said to her, ‘I’m off for a stiff drink because this is so stressful, getting it just right for you.'.

3. William Arthur Ward:

   Wise are they who have learned these truths Trouble is temporary. Time is tonic. Tribulation is a test tube.

4. Charlie Chaplin:

   Laughter is the tonic, the relief, the surcease for pain.

5. William James:

   Much of what we call evil is due entirely to the way men take the phenomenon. It can so often be converted into a bracing and tonic good by a simple change of the sufferer's inner attitude from one of fear to one of fight; its string can so often depart and turn into a relish when, after vainly seeking to shun it, we agree to face about and bear it...