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

More recently, with the rise of social media, comics have flagged major influencers and brands for repurposing their jokes as social media fodder without credit. — Matt Grobar, Deadline, 16 Oct. 2026

During her time in California, Zhang appears to have traveled in wealthy circles, posing for photos on the Chinese social media site Xiaohongshu in a Bugatti sports car. — Isabel Vincent, CBS News, 16 Oct. 2026

Marshall, an avid outdoorsman, has regularly posted hunting photos to social media in the decade since voters first elected him to Congress. — Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 16 Oct. 2026

The news appears to have originated with a pair of social media creators in Mexico, who both posted that Ayala had fallen and hurt himself following a concert in Mexico City. — Jim Kiest, San Antonio Express-News, 16 Oct. 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)