Synonyms for thriller
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : thril-er |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈθrɪl ər |
Top 10 synonyms for thriller Other synonyms for the word thriller
- abstruseness
- brainteaser
- braintwister
- charade
- chiller
- cliff-hanger
- cliffhanger
- cloak and dagger
- close shave
- closed book
- crux
- cryptogram
- difficulty
- dilemma
- eagerness
- expectancy
- expectation
- grabber
- hesitancy
- hesitation
- impatience
- indecision
- indecisiveness
- inscrutability
- inscrutableness
- irresolution
- mindboggler
- mystification
- narrow escape
- occult
- oracle
- page-turner
- perplexity
- poser
- potboiler
- puzzle
- puzzlement
- puzzler
- rebus
- riddle
- rune
- secrecy
- shocker
- sixty-four-thousand-dollar question
- sphinx
- spine-chiller
- squeaker
- stickler
- stumper
- subtlety
- teaser
- tension
- thriller
- tough nut to crack
- twister
- uncertainty
- wavering
- white knuckle
- whodunit
- why
Définition 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
- 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
Antonyms for thriller
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