Brief

//bɹiːf//

Synonyms for "brief" (257 found)

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Closest matches (52)

Strong matches (77)

Related words (128)

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11 relation types

Translations

113 translations across 38 languages.

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Ancient Greek

1 entries
  • ὀλιγοχρόνιος adj (of short duration)

Arabic

4 entries
  • قَصِير adj (of short duration)
  • مُوجَز adj (concise)
  • وَجِيز adj (of short duration)
  • وَجِيز adj (concise)

Armenian

3 entries
  • կարճ adj (of short duration)
  • համառոտ adj (concise)
  • սեղմ adj (concise)

Belarusian

1 entries
  • каро́ткі adj (of short duration)

Bengali

2 entries
  • মুখতসর adj (of short duration)
  • মুখতসর adj (concise)

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • кратък adj (of short duration)
  • къс adj (of short duration)
  • сбит adj (concise)
  • резюме noun (a short news story or report)

Catalan

2 entries
  • breu adj (of short duration)
  • concís adj (concise)

Czech

4 entries
  • krátký adj (of short duration)
  • strohý adj (of short duration)
  • stručný adj (of short duration)
  • zhuštěný adj (of short duration)

Danish

2 entries
  • kort adj (of short duration)
  • kortfattet adj (concise)

Dutch

4 entries
  • bondig adj (concise)
  • kort adj (of short duration)
  • kort adj (concise)
  • kortstondig adj (of short duration)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • mallonga adj (of short duration)

Estonian

2 entries
  • lühike adj (of short duration)
  • põgus adj (of short duration)

Finnish

4 entries
  • lyhyt adj (of short duration)
  • lyhytaikainen adj (of short duration)
  • lyhytsanainen adj (concise)
  • ytimekäs adj (concise)

French

2 entries
  • bref adj (of short duration)
  • court adj (of short duration)

Galician

2 entries
  • breve adj (of short duration)
  • resume noun (a short news story or report)

German

4 entries
  • kurz adj (of short duration)
  • prägnant adj (concise)
  • Breve noun (papal letter)
  • kurze Zusammenfassung noun (a short news story or report)

Greek

4 entries
  • βραχύς adj (of short duration)
  • περιληπτικός adj (concise)
  • συνοπτικός adj (concise)
  • σύντομος adj (of short duration)

Hungarian

4 entries
  • rövid adj (of short duration)
  • tömör adj (concise)
  • ügyvédi megbízatás noun (a writ summoning one to answer to any action)
  • ügyvédi megbízás noun (a writ summoning one to answer to any action)

Irish

1 entries
  • achomair adj (concise)

Italian

3 entries
  • breve adj (of short duration)
  • breve adj (concise)
  • breve noun (a short news story or report)

Japanese

1 entries
  • 短い adj (of short duration)

Javanese

2 entries
  • cekak adj (of short duration)
  • cekak adj (concise)

Latin

1 entries
  • brevis adj (of short duration)

Macedonian

4 entries
  • краток adj (of short duration)
  • краток adj (concise)
  • кус adj (of short duration)
  • содржаен adj (concise)

Māori

4 entries
  • popoto adj (concise)
  • poto adj (concise)
  • rangitahi adj (of short duration)
  • pitopito kōrero noun (a short news story or report)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • kortvarig adj (of short duration)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries
  • kortvarig adj (of short duration)

Ottoman Turkish

1 entries
  • وجیز adj (concise)

Polish

2 entries
  • krótki adj (of short duration)
  • zwięzły adj (concise)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • breve adj (of short duration)
  • breve adj (concise)
  • brifar verb (to summarize)
  • resumir verb (to summarize)

Romanian

1 entries
  • scurt adj (of short duration)

Russian

4 entries
  • коро́ткий adj (of short duration)
  • кра́ткий adj (of short duration)
  • кра́ткий adj (concise)
  • сжа́тый adj (concise)

Spanish

4 entries
  • breve adj (of short duration)
  • conciso adj (concise)
  • corto adj (of short duration)
  • escueto adj (concise)

Swedish

1 entries
  • kort adj (of short duration)

Turkish

1 entries
  • veciz adj (concise)

Ukrainian

3 entries
  • коро́ткий adj (of short duration)
  • коро́ткий adj (concise)
  • резюме́ noun (a short news story or report)

Urdu

2 entries
  • مُخْتَصَر adj (of short duration)
  • مُخْتَصَر adj (concise)

Welsh

1 entries
  • byr adj (concise)

Sample sentences

33 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

In brief, you should have accepted the responsibility.

Source: tatoeba (39765)

In brief, if the individual accepts the values of democracy, he must also accept the responsibilities of democracy.

Source: tatoeba (39771)

After a brief peace, war broke out again.

Source: tatoeba (39827)

I couldn't think up such a brief explanation.

Source: tatoeba (41411)

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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.