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

Is WhatsApp a social media platform? —thehustle.co, 12 Feb. 2026

Customers have taken to social media platforms for days to complain about things like lack of overhead bin space and not being allowed to switch seats, even when there are plenty open. —Dallas Morning News, Chicago Tribune, 11 Feb. 2026

To monitor lesser risk, residents are advised to sign up for county alert systems and to monitor agencies’ social media. —Southern California Weather Report, Oc Register, 11 Feb. 2026

His way into a co-starring role in A Friend of Dorothy was via social media, answering an open casting call on Instagram. —Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 11 Feb. 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)