Crossword-Solution: TONIC
Dictionary
| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Tonic | a. | 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." |
| Tonic | a. | Of or pertaining to tension; increasing tension; hence, increasing strength; as, tonic power. |
| Tonic | a. | Increasing strength, or the tone of the animal system; obviating the effects of debility, and restoring healthy functions. |
| Tonic | n. | A tonic element or letter; a vowel or a diphthong. |
| Tonic | n. | The key tone, or first tone of any scale. |
| Tonic | n. | A medicine that increases the strength, and gives vigor of action to the system. |
Anagrams
| Word | Anagrams | |
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| TONIC | anagram | CINTO, CONTI, NICOT, NOCTI, ONTIC |
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Sentences with TONIC (5)
You feel in the atmosphere the same tonic, puissant quality that is in the tilth, the same strength and resoluteness.
Here he found Professor Maxon much improved—the safe return of Virginia having acted as a tonic upon him.
Monsieur Ratignolle was delighted to see her, though he found her looking not so well as at Grand Isle, and he advised a tonic.
Hudson, in consequence, that she should spend the autumn in Switzerland, where she would find a fine tonic climate, plenty of fresh milk, and several pensions at three francs and a half a day.
There's no doubt about it, an hour or so of exciting talk is more of a tonic to me than a pint of iron and strychnine pills.
Quotes with TONIC (3)
I love you, Ginesse. Don't you see? You are my Zerzura. You are my undiscovered country, both my heart's destination and journey. Gold and temples, jewels and gems don't hold one bit of your enticement. You are my Solomon's mine, my uncharted empire. You are the only home I need to know, the only journey I want to take, the only treasure I would die to claim. You are exotic and familiar, opiate and tonic, hard conscience and sweet temptation. And now I have no more words to g…
Arthur shook his head and sat down. He looked up.“I thought you must be dead …” he said simply.“So did I for a while,” said Ford, “and then I decided I was a lemon for a couple of weeks. I kept myself amused all that time jumping in and out of a gin and tonic.
I'm an Earth ecstatic, and my creed is simple: All life is sacred, life loves life, and we are capable of improving our behavior toward one another. As basic as that is, for me it's also tonic and deeply spiritual, glorifying the smallest life-form and embracing the most distant stars.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: Boston Globe, Crossroads, CrosSynergy, LAT, Newsday, New Yorker, NY Sun, NYT, S&S, Slate, Three Across, Universal, USA TODAY, WP, WSJ.
Used 327 times in crossword archives (1943–2025).