Synonyms & related words for photophone

Find synonyms, related words, and the definition of photophone. Dendril is a free visual thesaurus that shows them on an interactive map where stronger matches sit closer to the center — no signup, no ads.

Words related to photophone

Explore words related to photophone — words associated with it, words that go with it, and its nearest matches in meaning. Related words include photophonic, radiophone, monotelephone, radiotelephony, transmissometer, radiotelegraph, coherer, heliograph. Click any word to make it the center of the map and keep exploring the web of connections.

Where does photophone come from?

The word photophone breaks down into 3 roots of Greek origin: phot, from Greek phos (“light”); o, from Greek -o- (“connecting vowel”); and phone, from Greek phone (“sound, voice”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.