Words that Rhyme with brief
1 Syllable Words
beef, chief, fief, graef, graefe, graeff, grefe, greif, greiff, grief, keef, keefe, keeffe, kief, knief, leaf, leif, lief, naef, neef, reef, reif, reiff, rief, seif, seife, sheaf, stief, thief
2 Syllable Words
belief, debrief, greenleaf, hafif, hochtief, longleaf, massif, matif, mccleaf, motif, o'keefe, o'keeffe, oakleaf, relief, saif, sharif, vancleef, woodlief
3 Syllable Words
bas-relief, cloverleaf, disbelief, interleaf, leitmotif, pittencrieff
Definitions of brief
a. Short in duration.
a. Concise; terse; succinct.
a. Rife; common; prevalent.
adv. Briefly.
adv. Soon; quickly.
a. A short concise writing or letter; a statement in few words.
a. An epitome.
a. An abridgment or concise statement of a client's case, made out for the instruction of counsel in a trial at law. This word is applied also to a statement of the heads or points of a law argument.
a. A writ; a breve. See Breve, n., 2.
n. A writ issuing from the chancery, directed to any judge ordinary, commanding and authorizing that judge to call a jury to inquire into the case, and upon their verdict to pronounce sentence.
n. A letter patent, from proper authority, authorizing a collection or charitable contribution of money in churches, for any public or private purpose.
v. t. To make an abstract or abridgment of; to shorten; as, to brief pleadings.