in brief

1. 1.

   in a concise manner; in a few words

   “the history is summed up concisely in this book”

   “she replied briefly”

   “briefly, we have a problem”

   “to put it shortly”

   Synonymsconciselybrieflyshortlyin short

Questions about in brief

What does in brief mean?

in brief means "in a concise manner; in a few words".

What is another word for in brief?

Close synonyms include concisely, briefly, shortly, in short. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.