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5-letter words (2 found)

ONTIC,TONIC,

4-letter words (9 found)

CION,CITO,COIN,COIT,CONI,ICON,INTO,OINT,OTIC,

3-letter words (10 found)

CIT,CON,COT,ION,NIT,NOT,TIC,TIN,TOC,TON,

2-letter words (8 found)

IN,IO,IT,NO,OI,ON,TI,TO,

You can make 29 words from tonic according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of tonic

tonic otnic tnoic ntoic ontic notic toinc otinc tionc itonc oitnc iotnc tnioc ntioc tinoc itnoc nitoc intoc onitc noitc ointc iontc niotc inotc tonci otnci tnoci ntoci ontci notci tocni otcni tconi ctoni octni cotni tncoi ntcoi tcnoi ctnoi nctoi cntoi oncti nocti ocnti conti ncoti cnoti toicn oticn tiocn itocn oitcn iotcn tocin otcin tcoin ctoin octin cotin ticon itcon tcion ction icton citon oictn ioctn ocitn coitn icotn ciotn tnico ntico tinco itnco nitco intco tncio ntcio tcnio ctnio nctio cntio ticno itcno tcino ctino ictno citno nicto incto ncito cnito icnto cinto onict noict oinct ionct nioct inoct oncit nocit ocnit conit ncoit cnoit oicnt iocnt ocint coint icont ciont nicot incot nciot cniot icnot cinot

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Definitions and meaning of tonic

tonic

Alternative forms

  • tonick (obsolete)

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈtɒnɪk/
  • Rhymes: -ɒnɪk

Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek τονικός (tonikós), from τόνος (tónos). 17th century writers believed health to be derived from firmly stretched muscles, thus tonic; the extension of tonic medicine appeared in the late 18th century. By surface analysis, tone +‎ -ic.

Adjective

tonic (comparative more tonic, superlative most tonic)

  1. (physics, pathology) Pertaining to tension, especially of muscles.
  2. Restorative, curative or invigorating.
    The arrival of the new members had a tonic effect on the team.
  3. (medicine, neuroscience) In a state of continuous unremitting action.
    • Peter Redgrave (2007) Basal ganglia. Scholarpedia, 2(6):1825.
      GABAergic neurones in the basal ganglia output nuclei have high tonic firing rates (40-80 Hz).
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Noun

tonic (usually uncountable, plural tonics)

  1. A substance with medicinal properties intended to restore or invigorate.
    We used to brew a tonic from a particular kind of root.
  2. Tonic water.
  3. (US, Eastern Massachusetts, dated) Any of various carbonated, non-alcoholic beverages; soda pop.
  4. (figuratively) Someone or something that revitalises or reinvigorates.
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Verb

tonic (third-person singular simple present tonics, present participle tonicking, simple past and past participle tonicked)

  1. (medicine, archaic) To restore or invigorate.

Etymology 2

From tone +‎ -ic.

Adjective

tonic (not comparable)

  1. (music) Pertaining to or based upon the first note of a diatonic scale.
  2. Pertaining to the accent or stress in a word or in speech.
  3. Of or relating to tones or sounds; specifically (phonetics, dated) being or relating to a speech sound made with tone unmixed and undimmed by obstruction, i.e. a vowel or diphthong.
Derived terms

Noun

tonic (plural tonics)

  1. (music) The first note of a diatonic scale; the keynote.
  2. (music) The triad built on the tonic note.
  3. (phonetics) A tonic element or letter; a vowel or a diphthong.
Translations

Related terms

  • tonal center

Anagrams

  • ontic

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English tonic, from tonic water.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tɔ.nik/
  • Homophones: tonics, tonique, toniques

Noun

tonic m (plural tonics)

  1. drink made up mainly of cinchona
  2. tonic water

Further reading

  • “tonic”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French tonique.

Noun

tonic n (plural tonici)

  1. tonic

Declension


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