noun
Meaning 1
Something that thrills.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: generally
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
thriller
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Australian, Received-Pronunciation: /ˈθɹɪ.lə/
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Canada, General-American, Scotland: /ˈθɹɪ.ləɹ/
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New-Zealand: /ˈθɹə.lɐ/
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India: /ˈt̪hɾi.ləɾ/
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rhymes with -ɪlə(ɹ)
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noun
Meaning 2
A suspenseful, sensational genre of story, book, play, film.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: fiction, literature, media, publishing
Examples
- She loves to read thriller books.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: pulp novel
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: detective story, mystery novel, whodunit, crime fiction
noun
Meaning 3
A sharp, usually sweetened herbal tea flavored with a fruit or berry.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
a suspenseful adventure story or play or movie
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: adventure story, heroic tale
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English thrill Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English thriller From thrill + -er.
Across languages
Translations
62 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Māori: pohopā — something that thrills
- Māori: paki pohopā — something that thrills
- Arabic: إِثَارَة (ʔiṯāra) — genre of fiction
- Arabic: فِلْم مُثِيرَة (film muṯīra) — genre of fiction
- Arabic: قِصَّة مُثِيرَة (qiṣṣa muṯīra) — genre of fiction
- Arabic: ثْرِيلَّر (ṯrillar) — genre of fiction
- Armenian: թրիլլեր (tʻriller) — genre of fiction
- Belarusian: тры́лер (trýljer) — genre of fiction
- Bulgarian: три́лър (trílǎr) — genre of fiction
- Chinese Mandarin: 驚悚 /惊悚 (jīngsǒng) — genre of fiction
- Czech: thriller — genre of fiction
- Danish: knaldroman — genre of fiction
- Dutch: thriller — genre of fiction
- Esperanto: trilero — genre of fiction
- Estonian: triller — genre of fiction
- Finnish: trilleri — genre of fiction
- Finnish: jännäri — genre of fiction
- Finnish: jännitysromaani — genre of fiction
- Finnish: jännityselokuva — genre of fiction
- Finnish: jännitysnäytelmä — genre of fiction
- Finnish: jännityskertomus — genre of fiction
- French: polar — genre of fiction
- French: thriller — genre of fiction
- Galician: suspense — genre of fiction
- Georgian: თრილერი (trileri) — genre of fiction
- German: Thriller — genre of fiction
- Greek: θρίλερ (thríler) — genre of fiction
- Hungarian: thriller — genre of fiction
- Icelandic: reyfari — genre of fiction
- Indonesian: mencekam — genre of fiction
- Italian: thriller — genre of fiction
- Japanese: スリラー (surirā) — genre of fiction
- Korean: 스릴러 (seurilleo) — genre of fiction
- Latvian: trilleris — genre of fiction
- Lithuanian: trileris — genre of fiction
- Macedonian: три́лер (tríler) — genre of fiction
- Māori: paki pohopā — genre of fiction
- Māori: pikitia pohopā — genre of fiction
- Marathi: थ्रिलर (thrilar) — genre of fiction
- Norwegian Bokmål: grøsser — genre of fiction
- Norwegian Nynorsk: grøssar — genre of fiction
- Persian: دلهرهآور (delhore-âvar) — genre of fiction
- Persian: مهیج (mohayyej) — genre of fiction
- Polish: thriller — genre of fiction
- Polish: dreszczowiec — genre of fiction
- Polish: film sensacyjny — genre of fiction
- Portuguese: thriller — genre of fiction
- Portuguese: suspense — genre of fiction
- Romanian: thriller — genre of fiction
- Russian: три́ллер (tríller) — genre of fiction
- Serbo-Croatian: три̏лер — genre of fiction
- Serbo-Croatian: trȉler — genre of fiction
- Slovak: triler — genre of fiction
- Slovene: triler — genre of fiction
- Spanish: suspense — genre of fiction
- Spanish: thriller — genre of fiction
- Spanish: tríler — genre of fiction
- Swedish: rysare — genre of fiction
- Swedish: thriller — genre of fiction
- Turkish: gerilim — genre of fiction
- Ukrainian: три́лер (trýler) — genre of fiction
- Welsh: iasoer — genre of fiction
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