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

And millions of people have become comfortable using smart-phones to share information about themselves, via mobile apps that access social networks such as Facebook and Twitter.

—The Economist

Examples of social network in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Embeddedness, on the other hand, preserves family cohesion and reduces disruption to social networks. —Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 2025

The company operates a chatbot called Grok that has been folded into the X social network and also Tesla’s vehicles. —Bloomberg, Mercury News, 5 Sep. 2025

Influencers and creators became the primary drivers of social networks. —Jordan Michelman, The Atlantic, 4 Sep. 2025

Online social networks are getting smaller and more intimate, as young people organize into group chats and segment their identities across different platforms. —Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 3 Sep. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1845, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for social network

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