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

1 sense of briefing

Sense 1
briefing -- (detailed instructions, as for a military operation)
       => informing, making known -- (a speech act that conveys information)

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

1 sense of brief

Sense 1
brief -- (give essential information to someone; "The reporters were briefed about the President's plan to invade")
       => instruct, apprise, apprize -- (make aware of; "Have the students been apprised of the tuition hike?")