THRILLER Synonyms: 8 Similar and Opposite Words

thriller

noun

ˈthri-lər

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 Withers will next appear on the big screen in an upcoming thriller titled Family Secrets. —

Tommy McArdle, PEOPLE, 15 May 2026 Two Miami police officers are suing Matt Damon and Ben Affleck’s production company, Artists Equity, over the 2026 movie ‘The Rip,’ an action thriller the actors also starred in. —

Forbestv, Forbes.com, 15 May 2026 This book has an addictive narrative style that feels more like a fiction thriller than nonfiction. —

Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 7 May 2026 This dark psychological thriller about guilt, obsession, truth and morality arises out of just a single conversation between strangers who happen to sit next to one another. —

Literary Hub, 6 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for thriller

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suspenser

Noun

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
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