[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

tonic \ton"ic\, a. cf. f. tonigue, gr. ?. see tone.
   1. of or relating to tones or sounds; specifically phon.,
      applied to, or distingshing, a speech sound made with tone
      unmixed and undimmed by obstruction, such sounds, namely,
      the vowels and diphthongs, being so called by dr. james
      rush 1833 " from their forming the purest and most
      plastic material of intonation."
      1913 webster

   2. of or pertaining to tension; increasing tension; hence,
      increasing strength; as, tonic power.
      1913 webster

   3. med. increasing strength, or the tone of the animal
      system; obviating the effects of debility, and restoring
      healthy functions.
      1913 webster

   4. med. characterized by continuous muscular contraction;
      as, tonic convulsions.
      webster 1913 suppl.

   tonic spasm. med. see the note under spasm.
      1913 webster
see also:
tone tonic spasm spasm 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

tonic \ton"ic\, n. cf. f. tonique, nl. tonicum.
   1. phon. a tonic element or letter; a vowel or a diphthong.
      1913 webster

   2. mus. the key tone, or first tone of any scale.
      1913 webster

   3. med. a medicine that increases the strength, and gives
      vigor of action to the system.
      1913 webster

   tonic sol-fa mus., the name of the most popular among
      letter systems of notation at least in england, based on
      key relationship, and hence called "tonic." instead of the
      five lines, clefs, signature, etc., of the usual notation,
      it employs letters and the syllables do, re, mi, etc.,
      variously modified, with other simple signs of duration,
      of upper or lower octave, etc. see sol-fa.
      1913 webster
see also:
tonic sol-fa sol-fa 

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

tonic
     adj 1: of or relating to or producing normal tone or tonus in
            muscles or tissue; "a tonic reflex"; "tonic muscle
            contraction"
     2: employing variations in pitch to distinguish meanings of
        otherwise similar words; "chinese is a tonal language"
        syn: tonal
     3: used of syllables; "a tonic syllables carries the main
        stress in a word" syn: accented ant: atonic
     4: relating to or being the keynote of a major or minor scale;
        "tonic harmony"
     5: imparting vitality and energy; "the bracing mountain air"
        syn: bracing, brisk, energizing, energising, fresh,
         refreshing, refreshful
     n 1: lime- or lemon-flavored carbonated water containing quinine
          syn: tonic water, quinine water
     2: a sweet drink containing carbonated water and flavoring; "in
        new england they call sodas tonics" syn: pop, soda, soda
        pop, soda water
     3: music the first note of a diatonic scale syn: keynote
     4: a medicine that strengthens and invigorates syn: restorative
see also:
tonal accented atonic bracing brisk energizing 
energising fresh refreshing refreshful tonic water 
quinine water pop soda soda pop soda water 
keynote restorative 

[4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

209 moby thesaurus words for "tonic":
   accented, activating, activator, alcoholic drink, alveolar,
   analeptic, animating, animative, animator, apical, apico-alveolar,
   apico-dental, arouser, articulated, assimilated, astringent, back,
   barytone, beneficial, benign, beverage, bilabial, boost, bracer,
   bracing, brisk, broad, cacuminal, central, cerebral, checked,
   cheering, chromatic, close, consonant, consonantal, constitutional,
   continuant, cordial, corroborant, crisp, crispy, dental,
   dissimilated, dominant, dorsal, drink, drinkable, energizer,
   energizing, enharmonic, enlivening, enlivenment, exhilarating,
   exhilaration, exhilarative, flat, fortifying, fresh, front,
   frosted, frosted shake, glide, glossal, glottal, good, good for,
   guttural, hard, health-enhancing, health-preserving, healthful,
   healthy, heavy, high, human dynamo, hygeian, hygienic, intonated,
   invigorating, invigoration, invigorative, key, key signature,
   keynote, labial, labiodental, labiovelar, lateral, lax, life,
   light, lingual, liquid, liquor, low, major, major key, malt,
   mediant, mid, minor, monophthongal, motivating force, motive power,
   muted, narrow, nasal, nasalized, occlusive, open, oxytone, palatal,
   palatalized, pedal point, pharyngeal, pharyngealized, phonemic,
   phonetic, phonic, pick-me-up, pitch, pitched, pop, posttonic,
   potable, potation, quickening, reanimation, recreation, refection,
   refresher, refreshful, refreshing, refreshment, regale, regalement,
   regaling, reinvigoration, renewal, restorative, retroflex, revival,
   revivescence, revivescency, revivification, reviving, roborant,
   rounded, rousing, salubrious, salutary, sanitary, semitonic,
   semivowel, shake, sharp, soda, soda pop, soda water, soft,
   soft drink, sonant, spark plug, stimulant, stimulating,
   stimulation, stimulative, stimulator, stimulus, stopped,
   strengthening, stressed, strong, subdominant, submediant, subtonic,
   supertonic, surd, syllabic, tense, thick, throaty, tisane, tonal,
   tonality, tonic key, tonicity, tonus, twangy, unaccented,
   unrounded, unstressed, velar, viable, vitalizing, vitamin shot,
   vivification, vocalic, vocoid, voiced, voiceless, vowel, vowellike,
   weak, wholesome, wide, zestful, zesty

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