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tonic |
Grep of noun tonic gin and tonic hairtonic housatonic subtonic supertonic tonic tonic accent tonic epilepsy tonic solfa tonic water tonicity Overview of noun tonic The noun tonic has 4 senses (no senses from tagged texts) 1. tonic, tonic water, quinine water -- (lime- or lemon-flavored carbonated water containing quinine) 2. pop, soda, soda pop, soda water, tonic -- (a sweet drink containing carbonated water and flavoring; "in New England they call sodas tonics") 3. tonic, keynote -- ((music) the first note of a diatonic scale) 4. tonic, restorative -- (a medicine that strengthens and invigorates) Overview of adj tonic The adj tonic has 5 senses (no senses from tagged texts) 1. tonic -- ((physiology) of or relating to or producing normal tone or tonus in muscles or tissue; "a tonic reflex"; "tonic muscle contraction") 2. tonic, tonal -- (employing variations in pitch to distinguish meanings of otherwise similar words "Chinese is a tonal language") 3. tonic, accented -- (used of syllables; "a tonic syllables carries the main stress in a word") 4. tonic -- (relating to or being the keynote of a major or minor scale; "tonic harmony") 5. bracing, brisk, energizing, energising, fresh, refreshing, refreshful, tonic -- (imparting vitality and energy; "the bracing mountain air") Antonyms of adj tonic 3 of 5 senses of tonic Sense 3 tonic (vs. atonic), accented atonic (vs. tonic), unaccented Sense 4 tonic INDIRECT (VIA tonal) -> atonal, unkeyed Sense 5 bracing, brisk, energizing, energising, fresh, refreshing, refreshful, tonic INDIRECT (VIA invigorating) -> debilitating Similarity of adj tonic 5 senses of tonic Sense 1 tonic Pertains to noun tonus (Sense 1) =>tonicity, tonus, tone => tension, tensity, tenseness, tautness Sense 2 tonic, tonal Pertains to noun tone (Sense 2) =>tone => pitch Sense 3 tonic (vs. atonic), accented Sense 4 tonic => tonal (vs. atonal) Sense 5 bracing, brisk, energizing, energising, fresh, refreshing, refreshful, tonic => invigorating (vs. debilitating) Attributes of adj tonic Familiarity of adj tonic tonic used as an adjective is common (polysemy count = 5) Grep of adj tonic acetonic architectonic atonic catatonic cytoarchitectonic decreasing monotonic diatonic hypertonic hypotonic increasing monotonic isotonic monotonic myotonic nonmonotonic pentatonic planktonic platonic plutonic tectonic teutonic tonic Overview of noun tonic The noun tonic has 4 senses (no senses from tagged texts) 1. tonic, tonic water, quinine water -- (lime- or lemon-flavored carbonated water containing quinine) 2. pop, soda, soda pop, soda water, tonic -- (a sweet drink containing carbonated water and flavoring; "in New England they call sodas tonics") 3. tonic, keynote -- ((music) the first note of a diatonic scale) 4. tonic, restorative -- (a medicine that strengthens and invigorates) Overview of adj tonic The adj tonic has 5 senses (no senses from tagged texts) 1. tonic -- ((physiology) of or relating to or producing normal tone or tonus in muscles or tissue; "a tonic reflex"; "tonic muscle contraction") 2. tonic, tonal -- (employing variations in pitch to distinguish meanings of otherwise similar words "Chinese is a tonal language") 3. tonic, accented -- (used of syllables; "a tonic syllables carries the main stress in a word") 4. tonic -- (relating to or being the keynote of a major or minor scale; "tonic harmony") 5. bracing, brisk, energizing, energising, fresh, refreshing, refreshful, tonic -- (imparting vitality and energy; "the bracing mountain air")
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