Entry Word: tonic

Function: adjective

Meaning: having a renewing effect on the state of the body or mind <breathe in clear tonic mountain air> <never underestimate the tonic power of humor on a sick person>

Synonyms bracing, invigorating, refreshing, restorative, reviving, stimulating, stimulative, vitalizing

Related Words conditioning, strengthening; animating, exhilarating, exhilarative, quickening, sharp; corrective, curative, curing, medicinal, rectifying, reformative, reformatory, remedial, remedying, reparative, therapeutic; beneficial, healthful, healthy, helpful, salubrious, salutary, wholesome

Near Antonyms deadening, debilitating, enervating, enfeebling, exhausting, numbing, sapping, weakening