the social

noun

British, somewhat informal

: money provided by a government program to people who are unable to work because they are old, disabled, or unemployed

He's living on the social now.

Examples of the social in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Kildare is meant to dive into the social divide between Kooks and Pogues, something that was always a point of conflict in the series but was never explored in as much depth as an entire prequel series might. — Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2026

Charlotte Bronte brings to life Jane Eyre‘s titular heroine through a vivid internal world, one as dynamic as the wild English landscape, but one often at odds with the social strictures of the novel’s early-19th century setting. — Caroline Rogers, Southern Living, 22 Aug. 2026

The overall shopping ecosystem of the social media app remains discovery-driven and democratized. — Fairchild Studio, Footwear News, 21 Aug. 2026

One of us is a social epidemiologist who studies the social and structural determinants of health, and the other is a prevention scientist who studies risk and protective factors among young people. — Jonathan Wright, The Conversation, 21 Aug. 2026

Rhymes for the social

• asocial
• prosocial
• unsocial
• antisocial
• biosocial
• homosocial
• psychosocial
• biopsychosocial