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- Dictionarytonic/ˈtɒnɪk/
noun
- 1. a medicinal substance taken to give a feeling of vigour or well-being. Similar
- 2. short for tonic water
adjective
- 1. giving a feeling of vigour or well-being; invigorating: "a tonic body shampoo"
- 2. relating to or denoting the first degree of a scale.
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The meaning of TONIC is tonic water. How to use tonic in a sentence. tonic water; an agent (such as a drug) that increases body tone; one that invigorates, restores, refreshes, or stimulates…
TONIC definition: 1. a liquid medicine that has the general effect of making you feel better rather than treating a…. Learn more.
noun. a medicinal preparation intended to improve and strengthen the functioning of the body or increase the feeling of wellbeing. anything that enlivens or strengthens.
of or relating to the first note in a diatonic scale (= a musical scale that is either major or minor), which describes the key of a piece of music: The dominant chord is here followed immediately by a tonic six-four chord. The sudden tonic triad which concludes the orchestral coda is extremely effective.
tonic. noun. /ˈtɒnɪk/ /ˈtɑːnɪk/ (also tonic water) [uncountable, countable] a clear fizzy drink (= with bubbles in it) with a slightly bitter taste, that is often mixed with a strong alcoholic drink, especially gin or vodka. a gin and tonic. Topics Drinks c2. Want to learn more?
Tonic or tonic water is a colourless, fizzy drink that has a slightly bitter flavour.
A tonic is something, sometimes a medicine, that makes you feel better or restores you to health. Before doctors prescribed drugs, crooked salesmen sold all sorts of dubious tonics . Tonic was used to describe all sorts of concoctions that were supposed to make you feel better or livelier.
Tonic definition: An invigorating, refreshing, or restorative agent or influence.
Tonic definition: a medicine that invigorates or strengthens. See examples of TONIC used in a sentence.
adj. 1. Restorative or stimulating to health or well-being. 2. a. Physiology Of, relating to, or producing tone or tonicity in muscles or tissue: a tonic reflex. b. Medicine Characterized by continuous tension or contraction of muscles: a tonic convulsion or spasm. 3. Music Of or based on the keynote. 4. Stressed, as a syllable; accented.
