social media

noun

plural in form but singular or plural in construction

: forms of electronic communication (such as websites for social networking and microblogging) through which users create online communities to share information, ideas, personal messages, and other content (such as videos)

Examples of social media in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Two members of the Coordination Framework confirmed to The Associated Press having received the message, a copy of which was circulated widely on social media. —Arkansas Online, 29 Jan. 2026

Several right-wing social media figures and conservative commentators have also shared the video and suggested that Pretti was not an innocent bystander, but rather someone who was deliberately seeking confrontation. —Siladitya Ray, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026

And there’s no way to stop it, at least as long as people are on social media. —Literary Hub, 29 Jan. 2026

A number of Hollywood celebrities, including Tom Hanks and Glenn Close, have posted social media messages and spoken out, while there was an anti-ICE protest at the Sundance Film Festival. —Ted Johnson, Deadline, 28 Jan. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1994, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for social media

• comedia
• commedia
• cyclopaedia
• cyclopedia
• hypermedia
• intermedia
• multimedia
• encyclopaedia
• encyclopedia

Kids Definition

social media

singular or plural noun

: forms of electronic communication (as websites for social networking and microblogging) through which users create online communities to share information, ideas, personal messages, and other content (as videos)