thrill

1. 1.

   the swift release of a store of affective force

   “they got a great bang out of it”

   “what a boot!”

   “he got a quick rush from injecting heroin”

   “he does it for kicks”

   Synonymsbangbootchargerushflushkick

   Broaderexhilaration
2. 2.

   an almost pleasurable sensation of fright

   “a frisson of surprise shot through him”

   Synonymsfrissonshiverchillquivershuddertingle

   Broaderfear
3. 3.

   something that causes you to experience a sudden intense feeling or sensation

   “the thrills of space travel”

   Broaderexcitation

Other forms of thrill

plural

thrills·

past tense

thrilled·

present participle

thrilling·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about thrill

What does thrill mean?

thrill means "cause to be thrilled by some perceptual input". That is the primary sense; the word has 7 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in thrill?

thrill has 1 syllable: thrill. In IPA it is /ˈθɹɪl/.

What is another word for thrill?

Close synonyms include tickle, vibrate, shudder, shiver, throb. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is thrill a common word?

thrill is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.