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sprite

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Synonyms and Antonyms of sprite

1 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 of sprite

brownie, dwarf, elf, faerie (also faery), fairy, fay, gnome, goblin, gremlin, hobgoblin, kobold, leprechaun, pixie (also pixy), puck, troll

Words Related to sprite

banshee, ghoul, hag, ogre

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

told hair-raising stories of sprites and spectral ships

Synonyms of sprite

apparition, bogey (also bogie), familiar spirit, ghost, hant [dialect], haunt [chiefly dialect], materialization, phantasm (also fantasm), phantom, poltergeist, shade, shadow, specter (or spectre), spirit, spook, vision, visitant, wraith

Words Related to sprite

angel, daimon, familiar, genie, genius, jinni (or jinn), shaitan

double, doppelgänger (or doppelganger), fetch

incubus, lamia, succubus, vampire, zombie (also zombi)

cacodemon, demon (or daemon), devil, fiend, ghoul, imp

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