Phrase guide

mass medium

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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Pronunciation

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  • măs mēʹdē-əm

1

noun

Meaning 1

Any means of public communication that reaches a large audience.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

(usually plural) transmissions that are disseminated widely to the public

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: medium

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: transmission

Narrower terms: broadcast medium, broadcasting

History

Etymology

From mass (“bulk”, noun) + medium (“agency of conveyance”, noun).

Across languages

Translations

15 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Danish: massemedie — means of public communication that reaches a large audience
  • Dutch: massamedium — means of public communication that reaches a large audience
  • Esperanto: amasinformilo — means of public communication that reaches a large audience
  • Esperanto: amaskomunikilo — means of public communication that reaches a large audience
  • Finnish: joukkotiedotusväline — means of public communication that reaches a large audience
  • Finnish: joukkotiedotus — means of public communication that reaches a large audience
  • Georgian: მასმედია (masmedia) — means of public communication that reaches a large audience
  • German: Massenmedium — means of public communication that reaches a large audience
  • Greek: μέσο μαζικής ενημέρωσης (méso mazikís enimérosis) — means of public communication that reaches a large audience
  • Norwegian Bokmål: massemedium — means of public communication that reaches a large audience
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: massemedium — means of public communication that reaches a large audience
  • Persian: رسانه گروهی (rasâne' ye goruhi) — means of public communication that reaches a large audience
  • Russian: сре́дство массовой информации (srédstvo massovoj informacii) — means of public communication that reaches a large audience
  • Swedish: massmedium — means of public communication that reaches a large audience
  • Ukrainian: за́сіб ма́сової інформа́ції (zásib másovoji informáciji) — means of public communication that reaches a large audience