THRILLER

thriller

(noun) a suspenseful adventure story or play or movie

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Noun

thriller (plural thrillers)

Something that thrills.

(film, literature) A suspenseful, sensational genre of story, book, play or film.

Synonyms

• (A suspenseful, sensational genre of fiction): pulp novel

Hypernyms

• (A suspenseful, sensational genre of fiction): detective story, mystery novel, whodunit, crime fiction

Hyponyms

• (A suspenseful, sensational genre of fiction): horror movie, hard-boiled crime fiction

Source: Wiktionary