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brief
Synonyms and Antonyms of brief
- a brief but crucial admonition to keep quiet
aphoristic, apothegmatic, capsule, compact, compendious, concise, crisp, curt, elliptical (or elliptic), epigrammatic, laconic, monosyllabic, pithy, sententious, succinct, summary, telegraphic, terse, thumbnail
- fortunately, the meeting was brief
extended, far, great, lengthy, long, long-drawn-out (or long-drawn), long-lived
- a brief flash of light
brief
Synonyms and Antonyms of brief
- a one-page brief of the intelligence report
abstract, breviary, capsule, conspectus, digest, encapsulation, epitome, inventory, outline, précis, recap, recapitulation, résumé (or resume), roundup, run-through, rundown, sum, sum-up, summa, summarization, summary, summing-up, synopsis, wrap-up
- the soldiers' brief was to secure the village from enemy attacks
brief
Synonyms and Antonyms of brief
- the lieutenant briefed his superior officers on the state of the enemy's fortifications
- his duties include briefing intelligence reports for the president
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