Antonyms for tonic
ˈtɒn ɪkton·ic

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1. tonic, tonic water, quinine waternoun

   lime- or lemon-flavored carbonated water containing quinine

   Antonyms:
   unkeyed, debilitating, atonic, atonal, unaccented

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

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

   a sweet drink containing carbonated water and flavoring

   "in New England they call sodas tonics"

   Antonyms:
   atonal, debilitating, unaccented, atonic, unkeyed

   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

3. tonic, keynotenoun

   (music) the first note of a diatonic scale

   Antonyms:
   unkeyed, atonal, debilitating, unaccented, atonic

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

4. tonic, restorativeadjective

   a medicine that strengthens and invigorates

   Antonyms:
   debilitating, unaccented, atonal, atonic, unkeyed

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

5. tonicadjective

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

   "a tonic reflex"; "tonic muscle contraction"

   Antonyms:
   unkeyed, unaccented, atonal, debilitating, atonic

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

6. tonic, tonaladjective

   employing variations in pitch to distinguish meanings of otherwise similar words

   "Chinese is a tonal language"

   Antonyms:
   unkeyed, atonal, atonic, debilitating, unaccented

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

7. tonic, accentedadjective

   used of syllables

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

   Antonyms:
   atonal, debilitating, unaccented, unkeyed, atonic

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

8. tonicadjective

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

   "tonic harmony"

   Antonyms:
   unaccented, unkeyed, atonal, atonic, debilitating

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

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

   imparting vitality and energy

   "the bracing mountain air"

   Antonyms:
   atonic, unaccented, debilitating, unkeyed, atonal

   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

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1. tonicnoun

   Synonyms:
   invigorant, roborant

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1. tonic

   Synonyms:
   Soft drink, see there
   

How to use tonic in a sentence?

1. Orison Swett Marden:

   If you do not feel yourself growing in your work and your life broadening and deepening, if your task is not a perpetual tonic to you, you have not found your place.

2. Oliver Sacks:

   Music can lift us out of depression or move us to tears - it is a remedy, a tonic, orange juice for the ear. But for many of my neurological patients, music is even more - it can provide access, even when no medication can, to movement, to speech, to life. For them, music is not a luxury, but a necessity.

3. 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.'.

4. Charlie Chaplin:

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

5. William Arthur Ward:

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

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