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

Moo Deng soared to stardom shortly after she was born in 2024, largely thanks to a keeper who shared adorable pictures and videos of the baby hippo on social media. —Arkansas Online, 19 Mar. 2026

The former national counterterrorism director voiced his objection to the Iran war in a social media post on Tuesday. —Washington Examiner Staff, The Washington Examiner, 19 Mar. 2026

Florida has been allowed to enforce its ban on social media accounts for children under 14 while a legal battle continues. —Bloomberg, Mercury News, 18 Mar. 2026

The Club Bag came onto my radar screen last November when a Verafied organic social media video popped up on my algorithm. —Sam Reed, Glamour, 18 Mar. 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)