Antonyms for thriller

Grammar : Noun

Spell : thril-er

Phonetic Transcription : ˈθrɪl ər

Definition of thriller

Origin : 1889, "sensational story," agent noun from thrill (v.).

As in mystery : noun puzzle, secret
As in suspense : noun anticipation
As in perplexity : noun mystery
As in puzzler : noun mystery
As in cliffhanger : noun something suspenseful

Example sentences :

How like a "thriller" it was to be rushing toward such a gripping scene!
Extract from : « Spring Street » by James H. Richardson

If she only could write scenarios, what a thriller this would make!
Extract from : « Exit Betty » by Grace Livingston Hill

“But a thriller,” Ace assured them, as Norris lighted his pipe on the lee of a bowlder.
Extract from : « Unexplored! » by Allen Chaffee

This was a thriller that appealed to the familiar in him,—the impishness that died hard.
Extract from : « Joyce of the North Woods » by Harriet T. Comstock

This is the weird, fantastic “thriller” from which sprang the Protocols.
Extract from : « The History of a Lie » by Herman Bernstein

It looked to me as if the effete Easterners put on the thriller for the bandits.
Extract from : « The Radio Boys on the Mexican Border » by Gerald Breckenridge

This is a most ingenious detective story—a thriller in every sense of the word.
Extract from : « One Day » by Anonymous

These books are quite different from the ordinary detective novel and from the more traditional type of thriller.
Extract from : « Report of the Juvenile Delinquency Committee » by Ronald Macmillan Algie

After the baseball news and a fair start in the thriller, he indulged further in past grievances.
Extract from : « Leerie » by Ruth Sawyer

He made a third at their games, turned an attentive ear to the thriller or added his bit to the enlightenment of the conversation.
Extract from : « Leerie » by Ruth Sawyer

Synonyms for thriller

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