Thesaurus results for SPRITES

sprites

noun

plural of sprite

as in fairies

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

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as in spirits

the soul of a dead person thought of especially as appearing to living people told hair-raising stories of sprites and spectral ships

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Recent Examples of sprites Beyond the famous spaceships, X-Wing and TIE Fighter also brought compelling stories set in the Star Wars universe, alongside technical advancements like fully 3D graphics in place of the bitmap sprites of previous titles. —

Alan Bradley, Space.com, 31 Jan. 2026 The video chip’s control registers, screen bitmaps, text-screen data, default and custom character sets, sprites, and color information all live in different locations scattered across memory, with some data actually living in separate RAM and ROM chips. —

Stephen Cass, IEEE Spectrum, 28 Sep. 2025

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The exhibit was first conceived in 2018 by Tracy Micciche, the gardens’ events and marketing director, because her daughter, then 14, had an interest in fairies.

— Patrick Connolly, The Orlando Sentinel, 25 Mar. 2026
According to the History Channel, one legend claims wearing green makes a person invisible to leprechauns — red-bearded fairies that would pinch people who weren’t wearing the color.

— Alexis Simmerman, Austin American Statesman, 17 Mar. 2026