brief

brief
adj
1. momentary, temporary, of short duration, short; impermanent, mortal, unenduring, fleeting, passing, fading; transitory, transient, fugacious, caducous, deciduous, monohemerous, monemerous, evanescent, ephemeral; mercurial, volatile, perishable, precarious; fast, swift, brisk, sudden, quick, fleet, meteoric; cursory, hurried, hasty.
2. concise, succinct, to the point, short and sweet; short-winded, straightforward, direct, pointed, emphatic; abbreviated, abridged, condensed, compressed, summarized, thumbnail, curtailed, curtate, contracted, Obs. breviate; compact, lean, compendious, packed, close, neat; comprehensive, summary, synoptic, Inf. meaty; pithy, sententious, epigrammatic, crisp, precise, exact, gnomic; laconic, terse, elliptical, breviloquent, Rare. pauciloquent; reticent, halting, sparing of words.
3. curt, sharp, abrupt, short-spoken, short; cutting, biting, sarcastic, acute, keen; caustic, acrimonious, virulent, mordant, trenchant; sullen, tart, sour, petulant, splenetic, choleric, acetose; testy, edgy, touchy, grouchy, irascible, short-tempered, short-fused; crabbed, crabby, peevish, snapping, snarling, growling, bearish, currish, waspish; brusque, brash, gruff, peppery, surly, crusty, thorny; unmannerly, rude, impolite, discourteous, ungraceful; stern, austere.
n
4. outline, sketch, draft, analysis, abstract, resume, syllabus; compendium, survey, synopsis, summary, precis, conspectus, prospectus; digest, epitome, extract, excerpt, minutes, pandect.
5. argument, demonstration, data, ground, proof, evidence; memorandum, memo, minute, entry, document, list of agenda, list of items; writ, warrant, summons, subpoena, injunction, Rom. Cath. Ch. decretal.
6. briefs
underpants, underwear, underdrawers, drawers, Sl. skivvies, Sl. undies, Trademark.BVDs, Trademark.Fruit of the Looms, trunks, Brit. y-fronts, Brit. knickers.
7. briefing, once-over, running-over, going-over, rehash, review; rundown, Sl. lowdown, Sl. the word, sum and substance, gist.
8.Theat. Brit. free pass, pass, free ticket, free admission, complimentary ticket, courtesy card, Sl. freebie.
9. hold a brief for
endorse, sanction, approve, favor, patronize, propound, promote, sing the praises of or sing [s.o.'s] praises; support, back up, side with, lobby for; defend, champion, second, stand by, stick up for.
10. in brief
a. in short, in a word, in a few words, to put it briefly or concisely or succinctly, to be brief, for shortness sake, to come to the point, to cut the matter short, to make a long story short.b. in summary, in conclusion, Inf. in a nutshell, all in all, in all, in the final analysis.
v
11. outline, sketch, abstract, epitomize, summarize, synopsize, digest.
12. instruct, inform, explain, enlighten, disclose, impart, communicate, acquaint

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