overwordExplorer
ENGLISH · A WORD WITH POSSIBILITIES

sprite.

Any of various supernatural beings, loosely defined:

6 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/spɹaɪt/

  1. Any of various supernatural beings, loosely defined: A spirit; a soul; a shade.

  2. Any of various supernatural beings, loosely defined: An apparition; a ghost.

  3. Any of various supernatural beings, loosely defined: An elf, fairy, or goblin; one with a small humanlike physical body.

  4. A two-dimensional image or animation that is integrated into a larger scene.

  5. A large electrical discharge that occurs high above the cumulonimbus cloud of an active thunderstorm, which appears as a luminous red or orange flash.

  6. The green woodpecker, or yaffle (Picus viridis).

  7. Any of various African damselflies of the genus Pseudagrion (of which, Australian species are named riverdamsels).

  8. A spayed female ferret.

  9. Alternative form of spright (“frame of mind, disposition”).

    alt-of · alternative · obsolete
Where this word comes from

From Middle English sprite, spryt, spreyte, from Old French esprit (“spirit”), from Latin spīritus. Doublet of spirit, spiritus, spirytus, spright, and esprit. (computer graphics): First used by Danny Hillis at Texas Instruments in the late 1970s. (meteorology): An acronym for Stratospheric Perturbations Resulting from Intense Thunderstorm Electrification.

verb/spɹaɪt/

  1. To draw a (specifically) pixel art sprite.

    informal
    sprited the new NPCs
Where this word comes from

From Middle English sprite, spryt, spreyte, from Old French esprit (“spirit”), from Latin spīritus. Doublet of spirit, spiritus, spirytus, spright, and esprit. (computer graphics): First used by Danny Hillis at Texas Instruments in the late 1970s. (meteorology): An acronym for Stratospheric Perturbations Resulting from Intense Thunderstorm Electrification.

FROM WORD TO NAME

Try it on your idea.

sprite has 6 characters. Say it out loud, try it alongside a description of your project, and see whether its meaning fits what you want to create.

sprite studiosprite workshello, sprite

These are naming prompts. Meanings and pronunciation can vary; existing brand and domain uses have not been checked.

Explore the name generator

A word with a source.

Definitions, grammatical labels, IPA, etymology and examples: Wiktionary contributors, extracted by Kaikki / Wiktextract. Adapted under CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected fields and authored examples are shown; third-party quotations and audio are omitted. See contributor history.

Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.