Word.ws English Dictionary

tonics

tonics is the plural of tonic.

Meaning of tonic

Noun (1)

tonic (usually uncountable, plural tonics)

  1. (usually) A substance with medicinal properties intended to restore or invigorate.
    • We used to brew a tonic from a particular kind of root.
  2. (usually) Tonic water.
  3. (Boston, US, dated, usually) Any of various carbonated, non-alcoholic beverages; soda pop.
  4. (figuratively, usually) Someone or something that revitalises or reinvigorates.
    • Charlie ain't no Nazi / She likes to wear her leather boots / 'Cause it's exciting for the veterans / And it's a tonic for the troops.1978, “She's So Modern”, performed by The Boomtown Rats

Noun (2)

tonic (plural tonics)

  1. The first note of a diatonic scale; the keynote.
  2. The triad built on the tonic note.

See all 14 meanings of tonic

Phrases with tonics

Questions about tonics

What is tonics the plural of?
Tonics is the plural of tonic.

Words near tonics in the dictionary

  1. tonick
  2. tonicked
  3. tonicking
  4. tonicks
  5. tonicoclonic
  6. tonics
  7. tonics and gins
  8. tonier
  9. tonies
  10. toniest
  11. tonification

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: tonics (page history and authors); tonic (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “tonics.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/tonics. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.