Antonyms for brief
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English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:3.0 / 2 votes

1. brief

   A sketch is a rough, suggestive presentation of anything, whether graphic or literary, commonly intended to be preliminary to a more complete or extended treatment. An outline gives only the bounding or determining lines of a figure or a scene; a sketch may give not only lines, but shading and color, but is hasty and incomplete. The lines of a sketch are seldom so full and continuous as those of an outline, being, like the shading or color, little more than indications or suggestions according to which a finished picture may be made; the artist's first representation of a sunset, the hues of which change so rapidly, must of necessity be a sketch. Draft and plan apply especially to mechanical drawing, of which outline, sketch, and drawing are also used; a plan is strictly a view from above, as of a building or machine, giving the lines of a horizontal section, originally at the level of the ground, now in a wider sense at any height; as, a plan of the cellar; a plan of the attic. A mechanical drawing is always understood to be in full detail; a draft is an incomplete or unfinished drawing; a design is such a preliminary sketch as indicates the object to be accomplished or the result to be attained, and is understood to be original. One may make a drawing of any well-known mechanism, or a drawing from another man's design; but if he says, "The design is mine," he claims it as his own invention or composition. In written composition an outline gives simply the main divisions, and in the case of a sermon is often called a skeleton; a somewhat fuller suggestion of illustration, treatment, and style is given in a sketch. A lawyer's brief is a succinct statement of the main facts involved in a case, and of the main heads of his argument on points of law, with reference to authorities cited; the brief has none of the vagueness of a sketch, being sufficiently exact and complete to form, on occasion, the basis for the decision of the court without oral argument, when the case is said to be "submitted on brief." Compare DESIGN.

   Synonyms:
   design, draft, drawing, outline, picture, plan, skeleton, sketch

Matched Categories

1. • Instruct
   • Law
   • Legal Document

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. brief, legal briefnoun

   a document stating the facts and points of law of a client's case

   Antonyms:
   long, prolix

   Synonyms:
   legal brief

2. briefadjective

   a condensed written summary or abstract

   Antonyms:
   long, prolix

   Synonyms:
   legal brief

3. briefadjective

   of short duration or distance

   "a brief stay in the country"

   Antonyms:
   long, prolix

   Synonyms:
   abbreviated

4. briefadjective

   concise and succinct

   "covered the matter in a brief statement"

   Antonyms:
   long, prolix

   Synonyms:
   abbreviated

5. abbreviated, briefverb

   (of clothing) very short

   "an abbreviated swimsuit"; "a brief bikini"

   Antonyms:
   prolix, long

   Synonyms:
   truncated, shortened, abbreviated

6. briefverb

   give essential information to someone

   "The reporters were briefed about the President's plan to invade"

   Antonyms:
   prolix, long

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1. briefadjective

   Synonyms:
   short-lived, ephemeral, transient, transitory, terse, concise, short

2. briefnoun

   Synonyms:
   breviary, epitome, summary, writ, precept, breve

Editors ContributionRate these antonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. elaborate

   it means something not in much detail

   give a brief summary of the story.

   Submitted by anonymous on September 29, 2020  

How to use brief in a sentence?

1. Paton Walsh:

   That is exactly the strategy today and it is working -- to a degree -- not as fast as we would like, perhaps, but we are making gains. the Peshmerga here want to show that they can be united with coalition air power, with Western military advisers, who we understand are in their midst here as well, to launch a successful -- and they hope brief -- offensive towards this town, but also strategically, because of what Sinjar could mean in the future, down the line.

2. Andrew Weiss:

   There is palpable concern in Washington that a brief lull is only temporary.

3. Dave Lewis:

   If you look at the CEO as being the best shopkeeper in the team, it's the wrong brief, he's got loads of retail experience, he's got loads of wholesale experience, he understands brands and he understands customers and he's super smart.

4. David Grayson:

   Life is too brief. I had a friend whom I intended to know better. Yesterday he died.

5. Octavio Paz:

   The North American system only wants to consider the positive aspects of reality. Men and women are subjected from childhood to an inexorable process of adaptation; certain principles, contained in brief formulas are endlessly repeated by the Press, the radio, the churches, and the schools, and by those kindly, sinister beings, the North American mothers and wives. A person imprisoned by these schemes is like a plant in a flowerpot too small for it: he cannot grow or mature.

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