Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun photosphere
1 sense of photosphere
Sense 1
photosphere -- (the intensely luminous surface of a star (especially the sun))
=> surface -- (the extended two-dimensional outer boundary of a three-dimensional object; "they skimmed over the surface of the water"; "a brush small enough to clean every dental surface"; "the sun has no distinct surface")