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thriller

/ˈθɹɪ.lə/ Australia, UK
/ˈθɹɪ.ləɹ/ Canada, US, Scotland
/ˈθɹə.lɐ/ New Zealand
/ˈt̪ʰɾi.ləɾ/ India

Rhymes with -ɪlə(ɹ)

noun thrillers

Something that thrills. While Arsenal had enjoyed a Boxing Day break thanks to the cancellation of their game against West Ham, Newcastle had come out of the wrong end of a thriller at Old Trafford and Pardew said that strain accounted for his side conceding four goals at the Emirates after Demba Ba had drawn Newcastle lev
A suspenseful, sensational genre of story, book, play, film. She loves to read thriller books.
Similar: pulp novel
A sharp, usually sweetened herbal tea flavored with a fruit or berry.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: exciting, excitement, thrill, suspense, hot, sensationalism, thrilling, thrillmance, thrill-killer, thrillfest, thrill killer, thrill kill, thrill killing, ecothriller, chiller, whizz-bangery

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noun genre of fiction

Español	suspense, thriller, tríler
한국어	스릴러 seurilleo
日本語	スリラー surirā
中文	驚悚 /惊悚 jīngsǒng
Português	thriller, suspense
Français	polar, thriller
Deutsch	Thriller
Italiano	thriller
Ελληνικά	θρίλερ thríler
Română	thriller
Русский	три́ллер tríller
العربية	إِثَارَة ʔiṯāra, فِلْم مُثِيرَة film muṯīra, قِصَّة مُثِيرَة qiṣṣa muṯīra, ثْرِيلَّر ṯrillar

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@misc{thriller_2026,
  title = {thriller},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/thriller},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}