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

Now, his focus is set on making Pinterest the very best social media platform for its 578 million users. —Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2025

The White House rejects the suggestion that any of the president's social media posts have been racist. —Robert Birsel, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Oct. 2025

The jacket was identified by public observers and Loro Piana was heavily criticized on social media for not condemning Putin. —Steve Salter, CNN Money, 15 Oct. 2025

Orbison's lawsuit was filed a day after a similar suit by a Rutherford County teacher fired over her social media posts following Kirk's death. —Rachel Wegner, Nashville Tennessean, 15 Oct. 2025

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)