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
The political thriller was in the running for best picture at this year's Oscars.
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Saman Shafiq, USA Today, 30 Apr. 2025
The genre-bending, vampire thriller — set in the deep Delta — stars Jordan, Wunmi Mosaku, Jack O’Connell, Delroy Lindo, and Hailee Steinfeld.
—Amber Corrine, VIBE.com, 29 Apr. 2025
Hannah Beer has a new book that’s sure to satisfy all of your literary thriller cravings.
—Carly Tagen-Dye, People.com, 29 Apr. 2025
The Premise The period thriller takes place over one hog-wild, then harrowing day and night in October 1932, as the Smokestack twins — Smoke and Stack, played by Michael B. Jordan — return to their hometown in the Mississippi Delta to open a juke joint.
—Angelique Jackson, Variety, 19 Apr. 2025
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Saman Shafiq, USA Today, 30 Apr. 2025
The genre-bending, vampire thriller — set in the deep Delta — stars Jordan, Wunmi Mosaku, Jack O’Connell, Delroy Lindo, and Hailee Steinfeld.
—Amber Corrine, VIBE.com, 29 Apr. 2025
Hannah Beer has a new book that’s sure to satisfy all of your literary thriller cravings.
—Carly Tagen-Dye, People.com, 29 Apr. 2025
The Premise The period thriller takes place over one hog-wild, then harrowing day and night in October 1932, as the Smokestack twins — Smoke and Stack, played by Michael B. Jordan — return to their hometown in the Mississippi Delta to open a juke joint.
—Angelique Jackson, Variety, 19 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for thriller
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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 5 May. 2025.
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