tonic

Word Type

a.

tonic Meaning Definition

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."

Synonyms 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

Synonym Search Links for tonic

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