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

That’s a decline in support compared with six weeks ago, when 48% of likely voters supported it while 41% opposed it, and comes after nearly $100 million of spending on television ads, social media messages and mailers, largely from opponents. — Seema Mehta, Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep. 2026

Einbinder stated her reasons for attending the protest in a video shared to social media by Jewish Voice for Peace and the Sunrise Movement on Thursday. — Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 25 Sep. 2026

Many of the same people who take to social media on fall Saturdays to gripe about a golden retriever will return the very next day to bellyache about the prevalence of Cowboys/Giants/Eagles/Commanders games on their screens. — Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 25 Sep. 2026

Among the new 44 Squad, which Hondo aptly calls the Exiles, is Sammy Bishop (Lucy Barrett), a gun expert and social media star who, much to Hondo’s horror, has no qualms about live-streaming from headquarters. — Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 25 Sep. 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)