Our new serial thriller begins at 7.30 this evening.
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Thriller
//ˈθɹɪ.lə//
Synonyms for "thriller" (85 found)
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Closest matches (17)
Strong matches (26)
Related words (42)
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9 entriesTranslations
63 translations across 42 languages.
Arabic
4 entries- إِثَارَة noun (genre of fiction)
- ثْرِيلَّر noun (genre of fiction)
- فِلْم مُثِيرَة noun (genre of fiction)
- قِصَّة مُثِيرَة noun (genre of fiction)
Armenian
1 entries- թրիլլեր noun (genre of fiction)
Belarusian
1 entries- тры́лер noun (genre of fiction)
Bulgarian
1 entries- три́лър noun (genre of fiction)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 驚悚 /惊悚 noun (genre of fiction)
Czech
1 entries- thriller noun (genre of fiction)
Danish
1 entries- knaldroman noun (genre of fiction)
Dutch
1 entries- thriller noun (genre of fiction)
Esperanto
1 entries- trilero noun (genre of fiction)
Estonian
1 entries- triller noun (genre of fiction)
Finnish
4 entries- jännityselokuva noun (genre of fiction)
- jännityskertomus noun (genre of fiction)
- jännitysnäytelmä noun (genre of fiction)
- jännitysromaani noun (genre of fiction)
French
2 entries- polar noun (genre of fiction)
- thriller noun (genre of fiction)
Galician
1 entries- suspense noun (genre of fiction)
Georgian
1 entries- თრილერი noun (genre of fiction)
German
1 entries- Thriller noun (genre of fiction)
Greek
1 entries- θρίλερ noun (genre of fiction)
Hungarian
1 entries- thriller noun (genre of fiction)
Icelandic
1 entries- reyfari noun (genre of fiction)
Indonesian
1 entries- mencekam noun (genre of fiction)
Italian
1 entries- thriller noun (genre of fiction)
Japanese
1 entries- スリラー noun (genre of fiction)
Korean
1 entries- 스릴러 noun (genre of fiction)
Latvian
1 entries- trilleris noun (genre of fiction)
Lithuanian
1 entries- trileris noun (genre of fiction)
Macedonian
1 entries- три́лер noun (genre of fiction)
Marathi
1 entries- थ्रिलर noun (genre of fiction)
Māori
4 entries- paki pohopā noun (something that thrills)
- paki pohopā noun (genre of fiction)
- pikitia pohopā noun (genre of fiction)
- pohopā noun (something that thrills)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- grøsser noun (genre of fiction)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- grøssar noun (genre of fiction)
Persian
2 entries- دلهرهآور noun (genre of fiction)
- مهیج noun (genre of fiction)
Polish
3 entries- dreszczowiec noun (genre of fiction)
- film sensacyjny noun (genre of fiction)
- thriller noun (genre of fiction)
Portuguese
2 entries- suspense noun (genre of fiction)
- thriller noun (genre of fiction)
Romanian
1 entries- thriller noun (genre of fiction)
Russian
1 entries- три́ллер noun (genre of fiction)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- trȉler noun (genre of fiction)
- три̏лер noun (genre of fiction)
Slovak
1 entries- triler noun (genre of fiction)
Slovene
1 entries- triler noun (genre of fiction)
Spanish
3 entries- suspense noun (genre of fiction)
- thriller noun (genre of fiction)
- tríler noun (genre of fiction)
Swedish
2 entries- rysare noun (genre of fiction)
- thriller noun (genre of fiction)
Turkish
1 entries- gerilim noun (genre of fiction)
Ukrainian
1 entries- три́лер noun (genre of fiction)
Welsh
1 entries- iasoer noun (genre of fiction)
Sample sentences
12 total sentences available.
For the director, it's a thriller.
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This film was praised as a completely engaging thriller that works on almost every level.
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Michael Jackson's album Thriller is the best-selling album of all time.
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