Sonic or Sonics may refer to:

Companies

* Sonic Drive-In, an American drive-in, fast-food restaurant chain * Sonic (ISP), an Internet provider CLEC, serving more than 100 California communities * Sonic Foundry, a computer software company which develops programs for editing audio and video * Sonic Healthcare, a company that provides laboratory pathology and radiology services * Sonic Solutions, a company operating in digital-media markets * Sonic Team, a Japanese video game developer team *SONIC, a brand name of Sega, S.A. SONIC

Arts and entertainment

*'' Sonic the Hedgehog'', a video game franchise licensed by

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** Sonic the Hedgehog (character), the titular character of the ''Sonic the Hedgehog'' franchise ** ''Sonic the Hedgehog'' (1991), a 1991 platform video game ** ''Sonic the Hedgehog'' (TV series), a 1993 Italian-American animated television series ** ''Sonic the Hedgehog'' (OVA), a 1996 Japanese original video animation series ** ''Sonic the Hedgehog'' (2006), a 2006 platform video game ** ''Sonic the Hedgehog'' (8-bit video game), a 1991 platform video game for the Sega Master System and Game Gear ** ''Sonic the Hedgehog'' (film), a 2020 action-adventure film * Sonic screwdriver, a fictional tool in the British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who'' * Nickelodeon Sonic, an Indian children's television channel *Sonic "Boom Boom" Renaldi, a character in the '' Speed Racer'' film adaptation

Music

* The Sonics, an American band * CHDI-FM, a radio station in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, named SONiC 102.9 * CKKS-FM, a radio station in Chilliwack/Abbotsford/Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Science and technology

*Sonics, a branch of acoustics * Theory of sonics, a branch of continuum mechanics * Sonic boom, an audible component of a shock wave in air * Supersonic speed * Hypersonic speed * Sonic hedgehog, a gene and protein named after Sonic the Hedgehog * SONIC (Ethernet controller), a 10 Mbit/s Ethernet controller *Somali Network Information Centre, the registry for the .so ccTLD * SONiC (operating system), free and open source network operating system developed by Microsoft * SonicStage, a computer program

Sports

* Seattle SuperSonics, a National Basketball Association team, relocated to Oklahoma as the Thunder * Sonic Motor Racing Services, an Australian motor racing team

Vehicles