Ghost
Ghost noun - The soul of a dead person thought of especially as appearing to living people.
Usage example: looked for ghosts in the graveyard on Halloween
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Sprite and ghost are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Sprite" instead a noun "Ghost".
Sprite
Sprite noun - The soul of a dead person thought of especially as appearing to living people.
Usage example: told hair-raising stories of sprites and spectral ships
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Nearby Word: sprit
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When someone tries to talk to a ghost and they aren't using the ghost world, their sprite will turn and directly face the viewer as if talking to the player themselves.
Source: Video Game / Ghost Trick -
If you get the Bad Ending where the ghost kills you, your character sprite will be shown turning around exactly four times in the elevator before the ghost catches him.
Source: Four Is Death -
In the Shining Force series, whenever a playable character is seen while dead they have a large ghost light as their sprite until they're revived.
Source: Ghost Lights
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Sprite and Ghost. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 15, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/ghost/sprite
Ghost & Sprite. N.p., 2016. Web. 15 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/ghost/sprite>.
Sprite or Ghost. 2016. Accessed August 15, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/ghost/sprite.
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