Phrase guide

social media

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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1

noun

Meaning 1

Applications or websites allowing users to share content and communicate with one another through the Internet.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: plural, singular, uncountable

Examples

  • The early 21st century saw a huge increase in social media thanks to the widespread availability of the Internet.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A particular social media site or account.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, informal, plural, singular

Examples

  • I decided to delete all my social medias that I rarely use.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: social medium, social

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

plural of social medium

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, plural

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

No etymology was provided for this word.

Across languages

Translations

82 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: sosiale media — applications or websites allowing users to communicate
  • Arabic: وَسَائِل تَوَاصُل اِجْتِمَاعِيّ (wasāʔil tawāṣul ijtimāʕiyy) — applications or websites allowing users to communicate
  • Arabic: سُوشَل مِيدْيَا (sūšal mīdyā) — applications or websites allowing users to communicate
  • Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܝܘܼܕܵܥܵܐ ܟܢܘܼܫܝܵܝܵܐ (yuddāˁā knušyāyā) — applications or websites allowing users to communicate
  • Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܝܘܼܕܵܥܵܐ ܫܲܘܬܵܦܵܝܵܐ (yuddāˁā šawtāpāyā) — applications or websites allowing users to communicate
  • Armenian: սոցիալական մեդիա (socʻialakan media) — applications or websites allowing users to communicate
  • Azerbaijani: sosial media — applications or websites allowing users to communicate
  • Belarusian: сацыя́льныя ме́дыя (sacyjálʹnyja mjédyja) — applications or websites allowing users to communicate
  • Belarusian: сацыя́льныя мэ́дыя (sacyjálʹnyja médyja) — applications or websites allowing users to communicate
  • Bengali: সামাজিক যোগাযোগ মাধ্যম (śamajik jōgajōg maddhom) — applications or websites allowing users to communicate
  • Bulgarian: социа́лна ме́дия (sociálna médija) — applications or websites allowing users to communicate
  • Burmese: လူမှုမီဒီယာ (luhmu.midiya) — applications or websites allowing users to communicate
  • Chinese Mandarin: 社會媒體 /社会媒体 (shèhuì méitǐ) — applications or websites allowing users to communicate
  • Chinese Mandarin: 社交媒體 /社交媒体 (shèjiāo méitǐ) — applications or websites allowing users to communicate
  • Chinese Mandarin: 社媒 (shèméi) — applications or websites allowing users to communicate
  • Chinese Mandarin: 社交平臺 /社交平台 (shèjiāo píngtái) — applications or websites allowing users to communicate
  • Czech: sociální média — applications or websites allowing users to communicate
  • Danish: sociale medier — applications or websites allowing users to communicate
  • Dutch: sociale media — applications or websites allowing users to communicate
  • Dutch: social media — applications or websites allowing users to communicate
  • Estonian: sotsiaalmeedia — applications or websites allowing users to communicate
  • Finnish: sosiaalinen media — applications or websites allowing users to communicate
  • Finnish: some — applications or websites allowing users to communicate
  • French: réseau social — applications or websites allowing users to communicate
  • French: réseaux sociaux — applications or websites allowing users to communicate
  • Galician: medios sociais — applications or websites allowing users to communicate
  • Georgian: სოციალური მედია — applications or websites allowing users to communicate
  • German: soziale Medien — applications or websites allowing users to communicate
  • German: Social Media — applications or websites allowing users to communicate
  • Greek: μέσα κοινωνικής δικτύωσης (mésa koinonikís diktýosis) — applications or websites allowing users to communicate
  • Greek: μέσο κοινωνικής δικτύωσης (méso koinonikís diktýosis) — applications or websites allowing users to communicate
  • Hebrew: מֶדְיָה חֶבְרָתִית (médya khevratít) — applications or websites allowing users to communicate
  • Hindi: सामाजिक मीडिया (sāmājik mīḍiyā) — applications or websites allowing users to communicate
  • Hungarian: közösségi média — applications or websites allowing users to communicate
  • Icelandic: samfélagsmiðill — applications or websites allowing users to communicate
  • Indonesian: media sosial — applications or websites allowing users to communicate
  • Irish: na meáin shóisialta — applications or websites allowing users to communicate
  • Italian: social — applications or websites allowing users to communicate
  • Italian: reti sociali — applications or websites allowing users to communicate
  • Japanese: ソーシャルメディア (sōsharu media) — applications or websites allowing users to communicate
  • Japanese: SNS (esuenuesu) — applications or websites allowing users to communicate
  • Korean: 소셜 미디어 (sosyeol midieo) — applications or websites allowing users to communicate
  • Korean: SNS (essenesseu) — applications or websites allowing users to communicate
  • Northern Kurdish: medyaya sosyal — applications or websites allowing users to communicate
  • Northern Kurdish: medyaya civakî — applications or websites allowing users to communicate
  • Lao: ສື່ສັງຄົມ (sư̄ sang khom) — applications or websites allowing users to communicate
  • Latvian: sociālie mediji — applications or websites allowing users to communicate
  • Lithuanian: socialinė žiniasklaida — applications or websites allowing users to communicate
  • Macedonian: друштвени медиуми (društveni mediumi) — applications or websites allowing users to communicate
  • Māori: pāpāho pāpori — applications or websites allowing users to communicate
  • Norwegian Bokmål: sosiale medier — applications or websites allowing users to communicate
  • Iranian Persian: رَسانِههایِ اِجْتِماعی (rasâne-hâ-ye ejtemâ'i) — applications or websites allowing users to communicate
  • Polish: media społecznościowe — applications or websites allowing users to communicate
  • Polish: social media — applications or websites allowing users to communicate
  • Portuguese: rede social — applications or websites allowing users to communicate
  • Romanian: media de socializare — applications or websites allowing users to communicate
  • Russian: социа́льные ме́диа (sociálʹnyje média) — applications or websites allowing users to communicate
  • Serbo-Croatian: друштвени медији — applications or websites allowing users to communicate
  • Serbo-Croatian: društveni mediji — applications or websites allowing users to communicate
  • Slovak: sociálne médiá — applications or websites allowing users to communicate
  • Slovene: družbeni mediji — applications or websites allowing users to communicate
  • Spanish: medios sociales — applications or websites allowing users to communicate
  • Spanish: redes sociales — applications or websites allowing users to communicate
  • Swedish: sociala medier — applications or websites allowing users to communicate
  • Tagalog: hatirang pangmadla — applications or websites allowing users to communicate
  • Tajik: расонаҳои иҷтимоӣ (rasonaho-yi ijtimoyi) — applications or websites allowing users to communicate
  • Tamil: சமூக ஊடகங்கள் (camūka ūṭakaṅkaḷ) — applications or websites allowing users to communicate
  • Telugu: సోషల్ మీడియా (sōṣal mīḍiyā) — applications or websites allowing users to communicate
  • Telugu: సామాజిక మధ్యమము (sāmājika madhyamamu) — applications or websites allowing users to communicate
  • Thai: สื่อสังคม (sʉ̀ʉ-sǎng-kom) — applications or websites allowing users to communicate
  • Thai: สื่อสังคมออนไลน์ — applications or websites allowing users to communicate
  • Thai: โซเชียลมีเดีย — applications or websites allowing users to communicate
  • Tigrinya: ማሕበራዊ መራኸቢ (maḥbärawi märaxäbi) — applications or websites allowing users to communicate
  • Tigrinya: ማሕበራዊ መራኸቢታት (maḥbärawi märaxäbitat) — applications or websites allowing users to communicate
  • Turkish: sosyal medya — applications or websites allowing users to communicate
  • Ukrainian: соціа́льні ме́діа (sociálʹni média) — applications or websites allowing users to communicate
  • Urdu: مُعاشَرَتی ذَرائِع اِبْلاغ (mu'āśaratī zarāi' iblāġ) — applications or websites allowing users to communicate
  • Urdu: اِجْتِماعی شَبَکَہ (ijtimā'ī śabaka) — applications or websites allowing users to communicate
  • Urdu: اِجْتِماعی مُواصَلات (ijtimā'ī muāsalāt) — applications or websites allowing users to communicate
  • Urdu: سَماجی اِبْلاغ (samājī iblāġ) — applications or websites allowing users to communicate
  • Vietnamese: phương tiện truyền thông xã hội — applications or websites allowing users to communicate
  • Vietnamese: truyền thông xã hội — applications or websites allowing users to communicate