Synonyms of sprite

sprite

noun

ˈsprīt 

1

as in fairy

an imaginary being usually having a small human form and magical powers

the child insisted that he'd seen a sprite hiding in the garden

Synonyms & Similar Words

• fairy
• elf
• dwarf
• goblin
• faerie
• troll
• pixie
• gnome
• brownie
• leprechaun
• puck
• fay
• gremlin
• hobgoblin
• kobold
• little people
• changeling
• ghoul
• imp
• banshee
• hag
• ogre
• kelpie
• nixie

2

as in apparition

the soul of a dead person thought of especially as appearing to living people

told hair-raising stories of sprites and spectral ships

Synonyms & Similar Words

• apparition
• ghost
• spirit
• phantom
• wraith
• vampire
• shadow
• demon
• phantasm
• poltergeist
• materialization
• haunt
• vision
• specter
• zombie
• angel
• spook
• shade
• familiar spirit
• visitant
• hant
• bogey
• ghoul
• genie
• double
• fetch
• familiar
• daimon
• doppelgänger
• imp
• succubus
• genius
• incubus
• manes
• jinni
• cacodemon
• lemures
• shaitan
• devil
• lamia
• fiend

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of sprite

The renderer then uses the Neo Geo hardware to efficiently scale sprites into 16-pixel-wide strips, simulating the wall’s size and position in that column of the screen. — Kyle Orland, ArsTechnica, 13 July 2026

Here in the famous Festival Theatre, the sprite Ariel, played in splendidly sprightly fashion by Marissa Orjalo, opens up the top of a piano, a piece of island flotsam and Prospero, in the form of the veteran actor Geraint Wyn Davies, shoves his coat inside, throws up his hands and closes the lid. — Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 26 June 2026

His eight-foot putt was headed straight for the hole when some sort of invisible wood sprite came out of nowhere to stop it an inch from the hole. — John Dunlap, Charlotte Observer, 18 June 2026

Miles Robinson and Mark McKenzie are likely to be more sprite. — Michael Lewis, Forbes.com, 31 May 2026