: one that thrills
especially
: a work of fiction or drama designed to hold the interest by the use of a high degree of intrigue, adventure, or suspense
Examples of thriller in a Sentence
His latest novel is a political thriller.
those television awards are hardly thrillers since the same people win year after year
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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.
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Angelique Jackson, Variety, 19 Apr. 2025
Warner Bros has just set plans to revamp ‘The Bodyguard,’ the 1992 romantic drama thriller that teamed superstars Kevin Costner and Whitney Houston.
—Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 19 Apr. 2025
The vampire thriller, starring Michael B. Jordan in a dual role, contains not one but two epilogues: one mid-credits and another at the very end.
—Nicholas Creel, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Apr. 2025
Zero Day, the new political thriller starring Robert De Niro, hit 55 million views, and The Life List, a feel-good tearjerker starring Sofia Carson, landed at 67 million.
—Catherine Baab, Quartz, 18 Apr. 2025
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Angelique Jackson, Variety, 19 Apr. 2025
Warner Bros has just set plans to revamp ‘The Bodyguard,’ the 1992 romantic drama thriller that teamed superstars Kevin Costner and Whitney Houston.
—Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 19 Apr. 2025
The vampire thriller, starring Michael B. Jordan in a dual role, contains not one but two epilogues: one mid-credits and another at the very end.
—Nicholas Creel, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Apr. 2025
Zero Day, the new political thriller starring Robert De Niro, hit 55 million views, and The Life List, a feel-good tearjerker starring Sofia Carson, landed at 67 million.
—Catherine Baab, Quartz, 18 Apr. 2025
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“Thriller.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/thriller. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.
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thriller
noun
thril·ler
ˈthril-ər 
: one that thrills
especially
: a work of fiction or drama with a great deal of action, mystery, adventure, or suspense
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