THRILLER meaning: Genre emphasizing suspense, excitement, tension

We found 26 dictionaries that define the word Thriller:

General (21 matching dictionaries)

thriller: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
thriller: Merriam-Webster
thriller: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
thriller: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
thriller: Collins English Dictionary
thriller: Vocabulary.com
Thriller, thriller: Wordnik
thriller: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
thriller: Wiktionary
thriller: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
thriller: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
thriller: Infoplease Dictionary
thriller: Dictionary.com
thriller: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
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thriller: Rhymezone
thriller: FreeDictionary.org
thriller: Mnemonic Dictionary
thriller: TheFreeDictionary.com

Art (1 matching dictionary)

ODLIS: Online Dictionary of Library and Information Science (No longer online)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)

Thriller (disambiguation), thriller: Encyclopedia

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)

thriller: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
The Thriller: Urban Dictionary

Sports (1 matching dictionary)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (thriller)

▸ noun:  Something that thrills.
▸ noun:  (film, literature) A suspenseful, sensational genre of story, book, play or film.
▸ noun:  (beverages) A sharp, usually sweetened herbal tea flavored with a fruit or berry.

Opposite:

comedy, drama, romance

Types:

mystery, suspense, horror, romance, comedy, drama, action, sci-fi, fantasy, more...

Phrases:

crime thriller, action thriller, comedy thriller, horror thriller, techno thriller, more...

Adjectives:

psychological, political, erotic, good, legal, latest, romantic, real, modern, paced, medical

Colors:

black, red, dark purple, midnight blue, blood red, more...

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