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Meanings of photographic memory in English

Ability to recall images, sounds, or objects in memory with extreme accuracy and in abundant volume.

Synonyms
Examples for "eidetic memory"
Examples for "eidetic memory"
1
She had a kind of eidetic memory that I would have killed for.
Past malice: an emma fielding mystery
2
Mayope wood, her eidetic memory said, one of the hardest woods found in the Confederation.
The Reality Dysfunction
3
His eidetic memory instantly recalled what Einhard had written.
The charlemagne pursuit
4
Langdon opened his eyes and studied her, pleased to see his eidetic memory was functioning normally.
Inferno
5
I have an almost eidetic memory.
Wired
1
GM's total recall count for the year has surpassed 30 million vehicles.
Reuters
2
They shared another common factor: they were both possessed of total recall.
A grief observed
3
This stuff, I get pretty much total recall when I want it.
Woken furies
4
Didn't you find my family's omniscience and total recall a trifle overdone?
The Capgras Shift
5
But for some, a preternatural capacity for concentration and near- total recall matter more.
Wired
Usage of photographic memory in English
1
I have a photographic memory, and I'm good with numbers and codes.
The Darkest Minds
2
Even the daffy reporter has a photographic memory and a certain savoir-faire.
Reuters
3
But Danstor, who had an almost photographic memory, rose to the occasion.
The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke
4
As she read them they became forever imprinted on her photographic memory.
The girl who played with fire
5
He had an almost photographic memory where sea charts were concerned.
Depths
6
But he had a natural, chameleon-like quality and a photographic memory.
A fare to remember: just whistle\driven to distraction\taken for...
7
O'Hara had a photographic memory and could learn the prayers in no time.
True compass: a memoir
8
One of my friends at the Compound has a photographic memory.
Pivot Point
9
He has the equivalent of a photographic memory when it comes to music.
The myth of a christian religion: losing your religion for the b...
10
She had a photographic memory and she was a hell of a hacker.
The girl who played with fire
11
He likes dancing and table tennis, and is said to have a photographic memory.
The Irish Times
12
Foaly took a moment to consult his near photographic memory.
Artemis Fowl: The Atlantis Complex
13
He has a photographic memory and memorizes even the page numbers of his music.
The new yorker
14
A good spy is trained to have a photographic memory.
The Thirty-Nine Steps
15
He had a photographic memory when it came to women.
Love at first sight
16
Lily has a photographic memory that puts photographs to shame.
Unravel Me
This collocation consists of:
Photographic memory through the time
Photographic memory across language varieties
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Less common