What is another word for sprite?

Pronunciation: [spɹˈa͡ɪt] (IPA)

Sprite is a term that is used to describe a variety of supernatural creatures in myths, legends and folklore. Some common synonyms for sprite include fairy, nymph, taiga, sylph, and pixie. These words are often used interchangeably with the term sprite, but they can also refer to specific types of supernatural beings with unique characteristics and abilities. For example, fairies are often depicted as benevolent creatures that help humans, whereas sylphs are typically associated with air and wind. Regardless of which term is used, sprites and their ilk continue to enchant and intrigue people of all ages with their magic and mystery.

Synonyms for Sprite:

What are the hypernyms for Sprite?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

Usage examples for Sprite

I'm a Flower sprite and so is Dorothy.
"Ethel Morton at Chautauqua"
Mabell S. C. Smith
Now this magic sprite was called the Little Brown Man, and the tree was called the Tall Pine Tree.
"The Green Forest Fairy Book"
Loretta Ellen Brady
Rosella followed the sunbeam-into which the sprite had vanished-and at once felt the keen air blowing on her face, and knew she was above ground once more.
"The Rainbow Book Tales of Fun & Fancy"
Mabel Henriette Spielmann

Famous quotes with Sprite

  • Memory is a giggling sprite and will not be tamed. She takes flight the moment the present becomes the past.
    Real Live Preacher
  • ...I had the view of a castle of romance inhabited by a rosy sprite, such a place as would somehow, for diversion of the young idea, take all colour out of storybooks and fairy tales. Wasn't it just a storybook over which I had fallen a-doze and a-dream? No; it was a big, ugly, antique, but convenient house, embodying a few features of a building still older, half replaced and half utilised, in which I had the fancy of our being almost as lost as a handful of passengers in a great drifting ship. Well, I was, strangely, at the helm!
    Henry James

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