SUSPENSERS Synonyms: 8 Similar and Opposite Words

suspensers

noun

plural of suspenser

as in thrillers

something (as a close contest) that induces much suspense as to its outcome Alfred Hitchcock was the acknowledged master of the cinematic suspenser that craftily manipulates its audience

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thrillers

Noun

Erotic thrillers, a genre which peaked in the 1980s and ‘90s, have also been making a slow but steady comeback.

— David Mack, CNN Money, 7 Aug. 2026
Well, the growing season in the South is a long one, and even the best thrillers get tired, the spillers get leggy, and the fillers sometimes disappear.

— Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 6 Aug. 2026

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