social network

noun

1

: a network of individuals (such as friends, acquaintances, and coworkers) connected by interpersonal relationships

2

: an online service or site through which people create and maintain interpersonal relationships

… scammers reaching out to victims over … social networks like Facebook and LinkedIn …

—Thomas Brewster

Examples of social network in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Research shows being tapped into a social network increases the chances that people do health-supportive behaviors, like go to the gym, eat a balanced diet, and steer clear of smoking and drug use—all of which can add up to a longer life. —Erica Sloan, SELF, 19 Feb. 2026

Last summer, Grok generated and spread antisemitic hate speech across social network X and praised Adolf Hitler, drawing earlier regulatory probes by the European Commission. —Lora Kolodny, CNBC, 17 Feb. 2026

Moreover, sociology is one of the best empirical fields for interrogating the consequences of different values, for how ideas get built into institutions, for how social networks operate across domains. —Wendy Nelson Espeland, Mercury News, 11 Feb. 2026

Yet, finding the time to reaffirm those intimate bonds can easily get lost in the shuffle of our busy lives, especially in cases where people have very different social networks or work schedules or live in different geographical regions. —Big Think, 10 Feb. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1845, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for social network

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