debriefing

The word “debriefing” has 3 syllables: de-brief-ing

It's pronounced as /dɪˈbriːfɪŋ/


What is synonym and antonym for debriefing?

In the thesaurus, “debriefing” has 46 synonyms and 8 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for debriefing along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for debriefing

  • annoying
  • ask questions
  • barraging
  • bombarding
  • bombing
  • catechizing
  • censor
  • cross-examine
  • cross-examining
  • dummy up
  • examine
  • examining
  • flooding
  • gag
  • gather intelligence
  • give the third degree
  • grill
  • grilling
  • harassing
  • hounding
  • hush up
  • interrogate
  • interrogating
  • interview
  • inundating
  • investigate
  • mute
  • muzzle
  • pestering
  • probe
  • pumping
  • put the lid on
  • put through the wringer
  • quash
  • querying
  • questioning
  • quiz
  • quizzing
  • say nothing
  • shut up
  • sit on
  • soft-pedal
  • squelch
  • stifle
  • suppress
  • work over

Antonyms for debriefing

  • allow
  • answer
  • encourage
  • help
  • let go
  • permit
  • release
  • sanction

Meanings of debriefing

  • verb
    1. To question someone after a military mission in order to obtain intelligence.
    2. To question someone, or a group of people, after the implementation of a project in order to learn from mistakes etc.
    3. To inform subjects of an experiment about what has happened in a complete and accurate manner.
  • noun
    1. The act of debriefing, or the state of being debriefed.
    2. The report of a mission or project, or the information so obtained.

Example Sentences

  • The team gathered for a debriefing after completing the mission.
  • The agents spent hours in the debriefing room, sharing their findings.
  • After the exercise, the soldiers participated in a debriefing to discuss strategies.
  • The debriefing was crucial to evaluate the success of the operation.
  • They held a debriefing to analyze what went wrong during the event.

On this page you'll find 54 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to debriefing, such as: allow, annoying, answer, ask questions, barraging, bombarding, bombing.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

Related Words

querying

  • annoying
  • asking
  • besieging
  • bombarding
  • calling in question
  • calling into question
  • canvasing
  • canvassing
  • catechizing
  • challenging
  • combating
  • combatting
  • contesting
  • cross-examining
  • cross-questioning
  • debriefing
  • disputing
  • doubting
  • examining
  • fighting
  • giving the third degree to
  • grilling
  • harassing
  • hounding
  • impeaching
  • interrogating
  • mistrusting
  • opposing
  • oppugning
  • pestering
  • picking the brains of
  • polling
  • protesting
  • pumping
  • questioning
  • quizzing
  • resisting
  • surveying
  • sweating

questioning

  • absorbing
  • analyzing
  • annoying
  • asking
  • assimilating
  • attentiveness
  • believing
  • besieging
  • bombarding
  • calling in question
  • calling into question
  • canvasing
  • canvassing
  • careful
  • catechism
  • catechizing
  • cautious
  • challenging
  • chewing on
  • chewing over
  • cogitating
  • combating
  • combatting
  • conceiving
  • concern
  • concluding
  • considering
  • contemplating
  • contesting
  • critical
  • cross-examining
  • cross-questioning
  • curiosity
  • curious
  • curiousness
  • cynical
  • debating
  • debriefing
  • deliberating
  • digesting
  • disbelieving
  • discounting
  • discrediting
  • disputing
  • distrustful
  • distrusting
  • doubting
  • eavesdropping
  • entertaining
  • examination
  • examining
  • experienced
  • exploring
  • eyeing
  • eying
  • fighting
  • giving the third degree to
  • grilling
  • guarded
  • gun-shy
  • harassing
  • hesitant
  • hounding
  • impeaching
  • incredulous
  • inquest
  • inquiring
  • inquiry
  • inquisition
  • inquisitive
  • inquisitiveness
  • interest
  • interference
  • interrogating
  • interrogation
  • intrusiveness
  • kicking around
  • knowing
  • leary
  • leery
  • looking at
  • meddlesomeness
  • meditating
  • misdoubting
  • mistrustful
  • mistrusting
  • negating
  • negativistic
  • nosey
  • nosiness
  • nosy
  • obtrusiveness
  • officiousness
  • opining
  • opposing
  • oppugning
  • paranoid
  • paranoidal
  • perpending
  • pestering
  • picking the brains of
  • polling
  • pondering
  • protesting
  • prying
  • pumping
  • puzzled
  • querying
  • quizzical
  • quizzing
  • reasoning
  • regard
  • reminiscing
  • resisting
  • reviewing
  • revolving
  • rubbernecking
  • ruminating
  • second-guessing
  • show-me
  • skeptical
  • snoopy
  • sophisticated
  • studying
  • surveying
  • suspecting
  • suspicious
  • sweating
  • turning
  • unbelieving
  • uncertain
  • unconvinced
  • undecided
  • undetermined
  • unsettled
  • unsure
  • wary
  • watchful
  • weighing
  • wonderment
  • worldly
  • worldly-wise

quizzing

  • Q and A
  • analysis
  • annoying
  • asking
  • audit
  • besieging
  • bombarding
  • canvasing
  • canvassing
  • catechizing
  • check
  • cross-examination
  • cross-examining
  • cross-questioning
  • debriefing
  • delving
  • disquisition
  • examination
  • examining
  • exploration
  • fishing expedition
  • giving the third degree to
  • grilling
  • harassing
  • hearing
  • hounding
  • inquest
  • inquisition
  • inspection
  • interrogating
  • interrogation
  • interrogatory
  • investigation
  • legwork
  • pestering
  • picking the brains of
  • poll
  • polling
  • probe
  • probing
  • pumping
  • pursuit
  • query
  • querying
  • quest
  • question
  • questioning
  • request
  • research
  • scrutiny
  • search
  • study
  • survey
  • surveying
  • sweating
  • third degree
  • trial balloon

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