Synonyms of briefing

briefing 1 of 2

noun

as in teaching

Related Words

• teaching
• assistance
• recommendation
• advice
• coaching
• prompting
• input
• guidance
• warning
• brief
• counsel
• instruction
• mentoring
• suggestion
• observation
• advisement
• feedback
• tutoring
• signal
• priming
• sign
• cautioning
• reminder
• solution
• prompt
• tip-off
• direction
• answer
• caution
• clue
• telltale
• tip
• urging
• pointer
• lead
• hint

briefing

2 of 2

verb

present participle of brief

1

as in informing

to give information to

the lieutenant briefed his superior officers on the state of the enemy's fortifications

Synonyms & Similar Words

• informing
• advising
• telling
• instructing
• teaching
• enlightening
• apprising
• educating
• familiarizing
• acquainting
• filling in
• clearing
• alerting
• catching up
• notifying
• letting someone know
• versing
• clueing (in)
• keeping (someone) posted
• lecturing
• reassuring
• wising (up)
• convincing
• advertising
• disclosing (to)
• hipping
• announcing (to)
• assuring
• tutoring
• certifying
• warranting
• schooling
• disillusioning
• disabusing
• disenchanting
• undeceiving

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• misleading
• misinforming

2

as in summarizing

to make into a short statement of the main points (as of a report)

his duties include briefing intelligence reports for the president

Synonyms & Similar Words

• summarizing
• outlining
• recapping
• digesting
• recapitulating
• summing up
• synopsizing
• consolidating
• encapsulating
• reprising
• wrapping up
• boiling down
• abstracting
• epitomizing
• condensing
• shortening
• cutting back
• curtailing
• abridging
• downsizing
• shrinking
• simplifying
• streamlining
• concentrating
• decocting
• essentializing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• extending
• lengthening
• prolonging
• expanding
• protracting
• supplementing
• enlarging (on or upon)
• elaborating (on or upon)
• elongating
• amplifying

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of briefing

Noun

That requires an operations system consisting of talent contracting, briefing, rate management and content review that can onboard and coordinate creators at that pace. — Agung Dwi Sandi, Forbes.com, 25 Sep. 2026

Raghubir Goyal, an eccentric veteran of the briefing room who serves as White House correspondent for India Globe, a newspaper that appears to no longer exist, stood at the press secretary’s dusty podium and filmed selfie videos. — Aidan McLaughlin, Vanity Fair, 24 Sep. 2026

Verb

John Cohen, a former senior Homeland Security official who has been briefing state leaders before the matches, said the government was largely absent from planning meetings last year and did not begin sharing threat intelligence with host regions until recently. — Jake Offenhartz, Los Angeles Times, 7 June 2026

Bessent held up a draft of the Post's story while briefing White House reporters on Thursday. — Deepa Shivaram, NPR, 28 May 2026