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brief

How many syllables in brief?

  1 syllable

Divide brief into syllables:   brief
Syllable stress:   brief
How to pronounce brief:   breef
How to say brief:

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Synonyms for brief


1 syllable
  • curt
  • prime
  • short
  • tell
  • fast
  • quick
  • task
2 syllables
  • briefing
  • curtly
  • fill in
  • flying
  • instruct
  • orders
  • pithy
  • remit
  • succinct
  • whirlwind
  • concise
  • direct
  • fleeting
  • inform
  • mission
  • passing
  • prepare
  • short-lived
  • update
3 syllables
4 syllables
  • give instructions
  • preparation
  • transitory
5 syllables
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    What rhymes with brief

    1 syllable
    • beef
    • fief
    • kef
    • leaf
    • reef
    • seif
    • thief
    • chief
    • grief
    • kief
    • lief
    • reif
    • sheaf
    2 syllables
    • belief
    • keef
    • motif
    • relief
    • sharif
    • debrief
    • massif
    • O'Keeffe
    • rief
    3 syllables
      4 syllables
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