Meanings
plural tonic waters
- countableuncountableA carbonated beverage containing quinine, originally used as a prophylactic against malaria, and now used as a soft drink or as a mixer in gin and tonic and other cocktails.
Tonic water's active ingredient is quinine, a chemical compound derived from the bark of the cinchona tree, native to South America. This alkaloid has long been known to relieve the pain and fever of malaria and other tropical diseases, making it a staple "tonic" in warm-weather countries.
2009 Spring, Anthony Dias Blue, “Mixology: Gin & Tonic”, in Drinks, the Magazine of Fine Wine, Spirits, and Living, page 8Synonyms: Indian tonic water, quinine water
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA carbonated beverage containing quinine, originally used as a prophylactic against malaria, and now used as a soft drink or as a mixer in gin and tonic and other cocktails.
More synonyms by meaning
nounlime- or lemon-flavored carbonated water containing quinine
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Arabic مَاء التُونِك
- مَاء التُونِك (māʔ at-tūnik)carbonated beverage
Catalan tònica, aigua tònica
- tònicacarbonated beverage
- aigua tònicacarbonated beverage
Chinese Mandarin 奎寧水 /奎宁水
- 奎寧水 /奎宁水 (kuíníngshuǐ)carbonated beverage
Czech tonik
- tonikcarbonated beverage
Dutch tonic
- toniccarbonated beverage
Finnish tonic-vesi
- tonic-vesicarbonated beverage
French eau tonique, soda tonique
- eau toniquecarbonated beverage
- soda toniquecarbonated beverage
German Tonicwasser, Tonicwater
- Tonicwassercarbonated beverage
- Tonicwatercarbonated beverage
- Toniccarbonated beverage
Hindi कुनैनयुक्त तीक्ष्ण जल, शक्तिवर्धक पेय
- कुनैनयुक्त तीक्ष्ण जल (kunainyukt tīkṣṇa jal)carbonated beverage
- शक्तिवर्धक पेय (śaktivardhak pey)carbonated beverage
- टॉनिक वाटर (ṭŏnik vāṭar)carbonated beverage
- टॉनिक पानी (ṭŏnik pānī)carbonated beverage
- टॉनिक (ṭŏnik)carbonated beverage
Hungarian tonik
- tonikcarbonated beverage
Irish uisce íocshláinteach
- uisce íocshláinteachcarbonated beverage
Italian acqua tonica
- acqua tonicacarbonated beverage
Japanese トニックウォーター
- トニックウォーター (tonikku wōtā)carbonated beverage
Korean 토닉 워터
- 토닉 워터 (tonik woteo)carbonated beverage
Polish tonik
- tonikcarbonated beverage
Portuguese água tônica, água tónica
- água tônicacarbonated beverage
- água tónicacarbonated beverage
Russian то́ник
- то́ник (tónik)carbonated beverage
Spanish tónica, agua tónica
- tónicacarbonated beverage
- agua tónicacarbonated beverage
- aguaquinacarbonated beverage
Swedish sodavatten, tonic
- sodavattencarbonated beverage
- toniccarbonated beverage
- sodacarbonated beverage
Turkish tonik
- tonikcarbonated beverage
Welsh dŵr tonig
- dŵr tonigcarbonated beverage
Cite this entry
tonic water. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tonic%20water
“tonic water.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tonic%20water. Accessed November 5, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tonic water,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tonic%20water.
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