as in suspenser
something (as a close contest) that induces much suspense as to its outcome
those television awards are hardly thrillers since the same people win year after year
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Recent Examples of thriller
Williams, known for psychological thriller Cherry Tree Lane and more recently, the Neil Maskell-starring Bull, comes to the 78th edition with the U.K. premiere of Dragonfly.
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Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 14 Aug. 2025
In his diabolical new thriller, Park Chan-wook (Decision to Leave, NYFF60) crafts a dark fable about the cutthroat nature of contemporary work culture and the domestic desperation for material comfort.
—Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 5 Aug. 2025
Here, that meant revisiting her love for small town thrillers.
—Sabienna Bowman, People.com, 5 Aug. 2025
The tension created by their first encounter ended up proving beneficial to their casting in the erotic thriller, which stars Douglas as a detective investigating the murder of a rock star and Stone as a seductive writer who is the prime suspect.
—Zack Sharf, Variety, 4 Aug. 2025
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Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 14 Aug. 2025
In his diabolical new thriller, Park Chan-wook (Decision to Leave, NYFF60) crafts a dark fable about the cutthroat nature of contemporary work culture and the domestic desperation for material comfort.
—Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 5 Aug. 2025
Here, that meant revisiting her love for small town thrillers.
—Sabienna Bowman, People.com, 5 Aug. 2025
The tension created by their first encounter ended up proving beneficial to their casting in the erotic thriller, which stars Douglas as a detective investigating the murder of a rock star and Stone as a seductive writer who is the prime suspect.
—Zack Sharf, Variety, 4 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for thriller
suspenser
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Directed by Nelicia Low, the suspenser follows a young fencer struggling with keeping his secret crush on a fellow fencer from his homophobic mother.—
Vivienne Chow,
Variety,
17 May 2022
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On the other hand, the story introduces fictional characters and elements that give it the air of a suspenser, exactly the sort for which Harris is so popular.—
Frank Scheck,
The Hollywood Reporter,
20 Jan. 2022
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“Thriller.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/thriller. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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