photogenic

• POS: Adjective
• HYPHEN: pho=to=gen=ic

CIDE DICTIONARY

photogenic, a. 

 Of or pertaining to photogeny; producing or generating light.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

photogenic, adj.
1 (esp. of a person) having an appearance that looks pleasing in photographs.
2 Biol. producing or emitting light.

Derivative

photogenically adv.

THESAURUS

photogenic

3-D, autoluminescent, bioluminescent, chemicoluminescent, chemiluminescent, electroluminescent, fluorescent, luminal, luminescent, noctilucent, panchromatic, phosphorescent, photo, photoactive, photographic, photosensitive, radioluminescent, self-luminescent, self-luminous, telephoto, telephotographic, thermoluminescent, three-dimensional, tintype, tribofluorescent, triboluminescent, tribophosphorescent

ROGET THESAURUS

photogenic

Light

N light, ray, beam, stream, gleam, streak, pencil, sunbeam, moonbeam, aurora, day, sunshine, light of day, light of heaven, moonlight, starlight, sunlight, daylight, broad daylight, noontide light, noontide, noonday, noonday sun, glow, glimmering, glint, play of light, flood of light, phosphorescence, lambent flame, flush, halo, glory, nimbus, aureola, spark, scintilla, facula, sparkling, emication, scintillation, flash, blaze, coruscation, fulguration, flame, lightning, levin, ignis fatuus, luster, sheen, shimmer, reflexion, reflection, gloss, tinsel, spangle, brightness, brilliancy, splendor, effulgence, refulgence, fulgor, fulgidity, dazzlement, resplendence, transplendency, luminousness, luminosity, lucidity, renitency, nitency, radiance, radiation, irradiation, illumination, actinic rays, actinism, Roentgen-ray, Xray, photography, heliography, photometer, optics, photology, photometry, dioptrics, catoptrics, chiaroscuro, clairobscur, clear obscure, breadth, light and shade, black and white, tonality, reflection, refraction, dispersion, refractivity, shining, luminous, luminiferous, lucid, lucent, luculent, lucific, luciferous, light, lightsome, bright, vivid, splendent, nitid, lustrous, shiny, beamy, scintillant, radiant, lambent, sheen, sheeny, glossy, burnished, glassy, sunny, orient, meridian, noonday, tide, cloudless, clear, unclouded, unobscured, gairish, garish, resplendent, transplendent, refulgent, effulgent, fulgid, fulgent, relucent, splendid, blazing, in a blaze, ablaze, rutilant, meteoric, phosphorescent, aglow, bright as silver, light as day, bright as day, light as noonday, bright as noonday, bright as the sun at noonday, actinic, photogenic, graphic, heliographic, heliophagous, a day for gods to stoop and men to soar, dark with excessive bright.