tonic

1. 1.

   lime- or lemon-flavored carbonated water containing quinine

   Synonymstonic waterquinine water

   Broadersoft drink
2. 2.

   a sweet drink containing carbonated water and flavoring

   “in New England they call sodas tonics”

   Synonymspopsodasoda popsoda water

   Broadersoft drink
3. 3.

   (music) the first note of a diatonic scale

   Synonymskeynote

   Broadernote

   NarrowerC

   music

4. 4.

   a medicine that strengthens and invigorates

   Synonymsrestorative

   Broadermedicine

   Narrowerbracer

Other forms of tonic

plural

tonics·

comparative

tonicer·

superlative

tonicest·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about tonic

What does tonic mean?

tonic means "of or relating to or producing normal tone or tonus in muscles or tissue". That is the primary sense; the word has 9 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in tonic?

tonic has 2 syllables: to-nic. The stress falls on "to". In IPA it is /ˈtɑnɪk/.

What is another word for tonic?

Close synonyms include tonal, accented, bracing, brisk, fresh. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of tonic?

The recorded antonyms are atonic.

Is tonic a common word?

tonic is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with tonic?

8 words rhyme with tonic. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.