Sprite

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A small or elusive supernatural being; an elf or pixie.
  • n. An elflike person.
  • n. A specter or ghost.
  • n. Archaic A soul.
  • n. Meteorology A large, dim, red flash that appears above active thunderstorms in conjunction with lightning.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A spirit; a soul; a shade; also, an apparition.
  • n. An elf; a fairy; a goblin.
  • n. The green woodpecker, or yaffle.
  • n. A two-dimensional image or animation that is integrated into a larger scene.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A spirit; a soul; a shade; also, an apparition. See spright.
  • n. An elf; a fairy; a goblin.
  • n. The green woodpecker, or yaffle.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The breath; the vital principle; the spirit.
  • n. A disembodied soul; a ghost; a shade.
  • n. An elf; a fairy; a goblin.
  • n. The faculty of thought and feeling; the wit; the mind.
  • n. Frame of mind; mood; humor; spirits: sometimes in the plural.
  • To haunt, as a sprite.
  • n. A short arrow intended to be fired from a musket.
  • n. The green woodpecker, Gecinus viridis. Also wood-spite, wood-spack. See cut under popinjay.
  • n. A beach-crab, especially Ocypoda arenaria.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a small being, human in form, playful and having magical powers
  • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    Cross Reference
    Hyponym
    gnome    imp    hob    pixy    dwarf    water sprite    tooth fairy    oberson    Robin Goodfellow    Titania   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    elf    fairy    goblin    ghost    demon   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Bright    Dwight    Knight    Night    White    Wight    Wright    alight    allright    alright   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    fay    genii    sylph    nymph    elf    prank    gnome    imp    pixie    fiend