Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun brevet

1 sense of brevet

Sense 1
brevet -- (a document entitling a commissioned officer to hold a higher rank temporarily (but without higher pay))
       => document, written document, papers -- (writing that provides information (especially information of an official nature))

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb brevet

1 sense of brevet

Sense 1
brevet -- (promote somebody by brevet, in the military)
       => promote, upgrade, advance, kick upstairs, raise, elevate -- (give a promotion to or assign to a higher position; "John was kicked upstairs when a replacement was hired"; "Women tend not to advance in the major law firms"; "I got promoted after many years of hard work")