pocket-size

adjective

pock·​et-size ˈpä-kət-ˌsīz 

variants or less commonly pocket-sized

ˈpä-kət-ˌsīzd 

1

: of a size convenient for carrying in the pocket

2

: small

Synonyms

• bantam
• diminutive
• dinky
• dwarfish
• fine
• half-pint
• Lilliputian
• little
• pint-size
• pint-sized
• pocket
• puny
• pygmy
• shrimpy
• slight
• small
• smallish
• subnormal
• toylike
• undersized
• undersize

Examples of pocket-size in a Sentence

a pocket-size country in the Pyrenees

Recent Examples on the Web

The committee’s bipartisan group of election and law enforcement officials developed pocket-size guides to election laws for police officers to carry. —Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 12 Nov. 2024

The pocket-size device is actually a Bluetooth speaker that looks great on a desk or bookshelf and ensures their jams are always playing. —Malia Griggs, Glamour, 11 Oct. 2024

There are a number of them available on Amazon, but this pocket-size version is a best-seller, even among firefighters. —Jillian Dara, Travel + Leisure, 11 Aug. 2024

One church staffer presses a Bible to her forehead while another daubs her stomach with a pocket-size vial of holy oil. —Sam Kestenbaum, Harper's Magazine, 21 June 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1797, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Kids Definition

pocket-size

adjective

pock·​et-size

ˈpäk-ət-ˌsīz

variants also pocket-sized

-ˌsīzd

: of a size convenient for carrying in the pocket