pocket-sized

Questions about pocket-sized

What does pocket-sized mean?

pocket-sized means "relatively moderate, limited, or small". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in pocket-sized?

pocket-sized has 3 syllables and divides as poc-ket--sized under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for pocket-sized?

Close synonyms include minor, modest, small, small-scale, pocket-size. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is pocket-sized a common word?

pocket-sized is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.