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 Netflix has announced a straight-to-series order for the pair to star in and executive produce an untitled Jack Thorne spy thriller from A24. —

Kate Aurthur, Variety, 26 June 2026 Anirudh Pisharody, an actor known for work on Netflix’s Never Have I Ever and procedural 9-1-1, has wrapped a lead role opposite Tongayi Chirisa (Anne Rice’s Mayfair Witches) in Chronos, a new indie thriller from director Gianinni Semedo Moreira. —

Matt Grobar, Deadline, 26 June 2026 Although The Beast in Me doesn’t entirely hold up as a series, the opening episode of this cat-and-mouse thriller offers some bravura directing and stellar performances. —

Rebecca Ford, Vanity Fair, 25 June 2026 Caplan most recently starred in the indie thriller comedy Drag, which premiered at SXSW in March. —

Rick Porter, HollywoodReporter, 25 June 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