PHOTO FINISH Synonyms: 40 Similar and Opposite Words

photo finish

noun

Definition of photo finish

as in thriller

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as in dead heat

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Recent Examples of photo finish Wednesday's episode of the long-running primetime game show came down to a photo finish between returning champion Dan Laine from Jersey City, AJ Maroney from Boston, and Katelyn Mueller-McLean from San Francisco. — Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 11 June 2026 From photo finishes to unlikely championships, here’s a look at five key storylines from Thursday and what’s ahead at the 106th CIF State Championships meet at Veterans Memorial Stadium in Clovis. — Gqlshare, Daily News, 22 May 2026 Waite placed second in the photo finish. — Buddy Collings, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 Apr. 2026 The race appears headed for a photo finish. — Clayton Davis, Variety, 6 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for photo finish

Recent Examples of Synonyms for photo finish

Noun

Antonelli is on track to break a record set in 2010 by Sebastian Vettel, who became the youngest-ever world champion in a title-deciding thriller.

— Sahil Kapur, NBC news, 23 Oct. 2026
Once The Social Reckoning crashed out of the Oscar race, there was room for a tech-world thriller with terrifying contemporary resonance.

— Radhika Seth, Vogue, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of thriller

Noun

For pregame prep, there’s a new documentary about the 2007 hair-raiser.

— Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026
In Hokum, the Cork native transports viewers to Ireland’s remote and possibly haunted Bilberry Woods Hotel alongside prickly American author Ohm Baumann (Adam Scott) for a good ol' fashioned hair-raiser of a ghost story.

— Megan McCluskey, Time, 4 May 2026

Definition of hair-raiser

Noun

Other quirky finds included five AirPods, three Delta flight pins and a singular Uno card, as well as dental retainers and rubber ducks.

— Sadie Chafe, FOXNews.com, 25 Oct. 2026
Those stoppers bite on 22-inch aluminum-alloy wheels dressed with, at least in our car’s case, Pirelli Trofeo RS rubber.

— Viju Mathew, Robb Report, 25 Oct. 2026

Definition of rubber

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His sudden death in Rushville, frozen in the bleachers of the high school football stadium, certainly looked final, but this is the wild topsy-turvy universe of superheroes, so anything is possible.

— Jeff Spry, Space.com, 17 Oct. 2026
Seattle got the ball first in sudden death and faced a third-and-7 from its own 28.

— Alejandro Avila OutKick, FOXNews.com, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of sudden death

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

Definition of suspenser

Noun

In a stunning political comeback, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has been elected president of Brazil, according to official results from Sunday's runoff election, with more than 96% of the votes counted.

— Catherine Osborn, NPR, 26 Oct. 2026
Brazilian newspapers are stressing that Sunday’s runoff between Lula and Bolsonaro will be a nail-biter, though Bolsonaro’s campaign is more optimistic after recent polls.

— ABC News, ABC News, 25 Oct. 2026