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

In millions of American homes, while parents were making dinner or paying bills, their kids were in another room scrolling social media and talking to chatbots. —Jeannie Suk Gersen, New Yorker, 9 Apr. 2026

The Massachusetts House of Representatives voted 129-25 Wednesday night to pass legislation that would ban all children under age 14 from using social media in the state. —Kristina Rex, CBS News, 9 Apr. 2026

The walk, which made the woodcock a viral hit on social media, consists of the bird shimmying and bobbing its head. —ABC News, 9 Apr. 2026

Some heart locations have also been revealed by the business or government social media pages before the map updates, so be on the lookout for surprise reveals. —Joseph Hernandez, Kansas City Star, 9 Apr. 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)