| Main Entry: | tonic |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | restorative drink, medicine |
Synonyms: |
analeptic, boost, bracer, conditioner, cordial, drug, fillip, invigorator, livener, pick-me-up, pickup, refresher, restorative, roborant, shot in the arm, stimulant, strengthener |
| Main Entry: | astringent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | harsh |
Synonyms: |
acetic, acrid, biting, bitter, cutting, sharp, tonic |
Antonyms: |
bland, mild |
| Main Entry: | bracing |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | brisk; exhilarating |
Synonyms: |
animating, chilly, cool, crisp, energizing, exhilarative, fortifying, fresh, invigorating, lively, quickening, refreshing, restorative, reviving, rousing, stimulating, stimulative, tonic, vigorous |
Antonyms: |
debilitating, exhausting, tiring |
| Main Entry: | curative |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | healing, health-giving |
Synonyms: |
alleviative, beneficial, corrective, curing, healthful, helpful, invigorating, medicable, medicative, medicinal, pick-me-up, remedial, remedying, restorative, salutary, sanative, shot in the arm, therapeutic, tonic, vulnerary, what the doctor ordered, wholesome |
Antonyms: |
harmful, hurting, injurious, painful |
| Main Entry: | drug |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | medication |
Synonyms: |
biologic, cure, depressant, dope, essence, medicament, medicinal, medicine, narcotic, opiate, pharmaceutic, pharmaceutical, physic, pill, poison, potion, prescription, remedy, sedative, stimulant, tonic |
| Main Entry: | exhilarating |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | stimulating, cheering |
Synonyms: |
animating, animative, bracing, breathtaking, electric, elevating, enlivening, exalting, exciting, exhilarant, exhilarative, exhilaratory, eye-popping, gladdening, inspiring, inspiriting, intoxicating, invigorating, quickening, rousing, stimulative, stirring, thrilling, tonic, uplifting, vitalizing |
Antonyms: |
agitating, boring, depressing, discouraging, upsetting, worrying |
| Main Entry: | healthful/healthy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | good for one's wellness |
Synonyms: |
advantageous, aiding, aseptic, beneficial, benign, body-building, bracing, cathartic, clean, compensatory, conducive, corrective, desirable, disease-free, energy-giving, fresh, harmless, healing, health-giving, helpful, hygienic, innocuous, invigorating, mitigative, nourishing, nutritious, nutritive, profitable, pure, restorative, salubrious, salutary, sanatory, sanitary, stimulating, sustaining, tonic, unadulterated, unpolluted, untainted, useful, wholesome |
Antonyms: |
bad, corrupt, diseased, noxious, rotten, sickening, unhealthful, unhealthy |
| Main Entry: | invigorating |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | stimulating |
Synonyms: |
aesthetic, bracing, brisk, charged, energizing, exhilarating, exhilarative, fascinating, fresh, healthful, high*, hyper, interesting, lively, quickening, refreshing, rejuvenating, rejuvenative, restorative, salubrious, tonic, uplifting, vitalizing |
Antonyms: |
boring, depressing, dull, enervating, unstimulating |
| Main Entry: | medicine/medication |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | substance that helps cure, alleviate, or prevent illness |
Synonyms: |
anesthetic, antibiotic, antidote, antiseptic, antitoxin, balm, biologic, capsule, cure, dose, drug, elixir, injection, inoculation, liniment, lotion, medicament, ointment, pharmaceutical, pharmacon, physic, pill, potion, prescription, remedy, salve, sedative, serum, tablet, tincture, tonic, vaccination, vaccine |
| Main Entry: | pick-me-up |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | stimulant |
Synonyms: |
analeptic, catalyst, drug, energizer, incentive, motivation, motive, restorative, reviver, shot in the arm, spark pulg, spur, stimulus, tonic, upper |