Tonic

Adjective

 * 1)  Pertaining to tension, especially of muscles.
 * 2) *2009, Thomas Pynchon, Inherent Vice, Vintage 2010, p. 316:
 * Out in front and across the street, Doc noted half a dozen or so young men, not loitering or doing substances but poised and tonic, as if waiting for some standing order to take effect.
 * 1) Restorative, curative or invigorating.
 * The arrival of the new members had a tonic effect on the team.
 * 1)  Pertaining to the keynote of a composition.
 * 2) Pertaining to the accent or stress in a word or in speech.

Noun

 * 1) A drink intended to restore or invigorate.
 * We used to brew a tonic from a particular kind of root.
 * 1) Tonic water.
 * 2) (Northeastern US) Any of various carbonated, non-alcoholic beverages; soda pop.
 * 3)  The first note of a scale.
 * 4)  The triad built on the tonic note.
 * 5)  Something that revitalises or reinvigorates.

Adverbs for Tonic
refreshingly; wholesomely; definitely; effectively; really; dependably; reliably; assuredly; strongly; splendidly; invigoratingly; desirably; noticeably; evidently; positively; indubitably; admirably; wonderfully; commendably; marvellously; miraculously; incredibly; unexpectedly; delightfully; satisfactorily; remarkably; particularly.

Thesaurus
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

Etymology
From τονικός:, from τόνος:. 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.

Anagrams

 * ontic

Noun

 * 1) drink made up mainly of cinchona