| NOUN | food | tonic, tonic water, quinine water | lime- or lemon-flavored carbonated water containing quinine |
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| food | tonic, pop, soda, soda pop, soda water | a sweet drink containing carbonated water and flavoring | |
| communication | tonic, keynote | (music) the first note of a diatonic scale | |
| artifact | tonic, restorative | a medicine that strengthens and invigorates | |
| ADJECTIVE | pert | tonic | of or relating to or producing normal tone or tonus in muscles or tissue |
| pert | tonic, tonal | employing variations in pitch to distinguish meanings of otherwise similar words | |
| all | tonic, accented | used of syllables | |
| all | tonic | relating to or being the keynote of a major or minor scale | |
| all | tonic, bracing, brisk, fresh, refreshing, refreshful | imparting vitality and energy |
| Sounds | taa'nihk | |
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| Rhymes | academic ... Zurich: 733 rhymes with ihk... | |
| Meaning | Of or relating to or producing normal tone or tonus in muscles or tissue. | |
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| Category | physiology | The branch of the biological sciences dealing with the functioning of organisms |
| Nouns | tonicity, tonus, tone | the elastic tension of living muscles, arteries, etc. that facilitate response to stimuli |
| Meaning | employing variations in pitch to distinguish meanings of otherwise similar words. | |
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| Synonym | tonal | |
| Spanish | tonal | |
| Catalan | tonal | |
| Nouns | tone | (linguistics) a pitch or change in pitch of the voice that serves to distinguish words in tonal languages |
| Meaning | Used of syllables. | |
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| Example | "a tonic syllables carries the main stress in a word" | |
| Synonym | accented | |
| Opposite | atonic, unaccented | Used of syllables |
| Spanish | acentuado, tónico | |
| Meaning | relating to or being the keynote of a major or minor scale. | |
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| Example | "tonic harmony" | |
| Broader | tonal | Having tonality |
| Spanish | tónico | |
| Nouns | tone | a notation representing the pitch and duration of a musical sound |
| Meaning | Imparting vitality and energy. | |
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| Synonyms | bracing, brisk, fresh, refreshing, refreshful | |
| Broader | invigorating | Imparting strength and vitality |
| Spanish | fresco, refrecante, tónico, vigorizante, vitalizante | |
| Catalan | fresc, refrescant, vigoritzant, vitalitzant | |
| Meaning | lime- or lemon-flavored carbonated water containing quinine. | |
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| Synonyms | tonic water, quinine water | |
| Broader | soft drink | nonalcoholic beverage (usually carbonated) |
| Substance of | gin and tonic | gin and quinine water |
| Substances | quinine | A bitter alkaloid extracted from chinchona bark |
| Spanish | agua tónica, tónica | |
| Catalan | aigua tònica, tònica | |
| Meaning | A sweet drink containing carbonated water and flavoring. | |
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| Example | "in New England they call sodas tonics" | |
| Synonyms | pop, soda, soda pop, soda water | |
| Broader | soft drink | nonalcoholic beverage (usually carbonated) |
| Substances | soda water, carbonated water, club soda, seltzer, sparkling water | effervescent beverage artificially charged with carbon dioxide |
| Spanish | bebida, gaseosa, refresco, sifón, soda, sosa | |
| Catalan | gasosa, sifó, soda | |
| Meaning | (music) the first note of a diatonic scale. | |
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| Synonym | keynote | |
| Category | music | An artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner |
| Narrower | C | (music) the keynote of the scale of C major |
| Broader | note, musical note, tone | A notation representing the pitch and duration of a musical sound |
| Spanish | tónica | |
| Meaning | A medicine that strengthens and invigorates. | |
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| Synonym | restorative | |
| Narrower | bracer, pick-me-up | A tonic or restorative (especially a drink of liquor) |
| Broader | medicine, medication, medicament, medicinal drug | (medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease |
| Spanish | reconstituyente, tónico | |
| Catalan | reconstituent, tònic | |
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