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 pocket-size restaurant, with only a few seats, is run by husband-and-wife team Yuichiro and Mika Shimatani, who previously worked at the three-star AM by Alexandre Mazzia in Marseille—Yuichiro as a sous-chef and Mika as a pastry chef. —Ann Abel, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024

That’s precisely why this new variety of cinema has come to the fore—not to concede movies to the pocket-size travelling show but to reclaim them from it. —Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 5 Dec. 2024

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

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