/ˈɪns.təˌɡɹæm/
Instagram proper noun: an online photo- and video-sharing social networking service, originally designed to mimic old-fashioned instant cameras.
Proper noun
- An online photo- and video-sharing social networking service, originally designed to mimic old-fashioned instant cameras.
- Megan has 53 posts and 41.7k followers on Instagram.
- He posted a gym reel on Instagram.
Noun
Instagram (plural Instagrams)
- A user's profile or account on this service.
- Have you seen her Instagram lately?
- She's been blowing up my Instagram!
- A photograph or video shared on this service.
- I saw one of her Instagrams last week, but I haven't talked to her since then.
Verb
Instagram (third-person singular simple present Instagrams, present participle Instagramming, simple past and past participle Instagrammed)
- To use the social networking service Instagram.
- The thinking goes that if the modern audience watches TV on laptops, while Instagramming and checking emails at the same time, why would contemporary artists ignore that and insist on trapping them in a silent black box for an hour?2013 July 5, Lyndsey Winship, “Mårten Spångberg, the bad boy of contemporary dance”, in The Guardian
- To post an image or video of (something) to Instagram.
- Her mother cried when she answered / Said she don't know what got inside this child's mind, she planted / A box of condoms on her dresser then she Instagrammed it.2012, Nas, No I.D., Patrick Adams, Gary DeCarlo, Dale Frashuer, Paul Leka, “Daughters” (track 5), in Life is Good, performed by Nas
- [see title]2014 July 7, Kaitlan Collins, “Kim Kardashian Was Desperate To Leave The Hamptons So She Could Instagram”, in The Daily Caller
- To digitally manipulate a photograph using filter effects.
- To illustrate, I used B-roll of photos on the iPhone that were being “Instagrammed” (Figure 8.6) with fun filters along with screen captures of Instragram's No. 1 ranking in the iTunes App Store and the Apple website touting the iPhone 4S.2012, Jefferson Graham, Video Nation, →ISBN, page 160
- In a world where it is de rigueur to announce your wedding on Facebook and show the world artfully Instagrammed pictures of your appendectomy, it's no surprise that the Bee has a social media presence.2013 May 31, Kory Stamper, “The Spelling Bee turns Twitter into our national sports bar”, in The Guardian
Instagram meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Bengali
Instagram in Hindi
- online photo-sharing service
- इन्स्टग्राम insṭagrām
Instagram in Tamil
- online photo-sharing service
- இந்ஸ்டக்ராம் insṭakrām
Instagram in Marathi
- online photo-sharing service
- इन्स्टाग्राम insṭāgrām
Instagram in Bengali
- online photo-sharing service
- ইন্স্টাগ্র্যাম insṭagrjam
More languagesFewer languages
- Instagram in Telugu
- ఇన్స్టగ్రమ్ insṭagram
- Instagram in Odia
- ଇନ୍ସ୍ଟଗ୍ରାମ insṭagrāma
- Instagram in Sinhala
- ඉන්ස්ටග්රම් insṭagram
- Instagram in Pashto
- اسټګرام insṭëgrâm
- Instagram in Arabic
- إِنْسْتَقْرَام ʔinstaqrām, إِنْسْتَغْرَام ʔinstaḡrām
- Instagram in Malay
- Instagram in Indonesian
- Instagram in Persian
- اینستگرام instagrâm
- Instagram in Vietnamese
Examples of Instagram in a sentence
- According to a survey commissioned by the credit card company Barclay, 9 percent of shoppers in Britain admitted to buying clothes online for Instagram.2019 September 25, Kendra Pierre-Louis, “How to Buy Clothes That Are Built to Last”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on...
- Carla's got a boyfriend / I spotted him on Instagram / Followed him about a bit2020, “Carla's got a boyfriend”, in The Night Chancers, performed by Baxter Dury:
- He Instagrams the butchered name the barista writes on his coffee cup: Pearson.2021, A. E. Osworth, chapter 20, in We Are Watching Eliza Bright, →ISBN:
- Emily adores Paris and Instagrams the city at every turn.2025, Julien Thèves, "Vous aimez 'Emily in Paris,' vous aimerez la capitale française", translated and quoted by Thérèse Migraine-George...
Synonyms of Instagram
Forms of Instagram
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | Instagrams |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | Instagrams |
| present participle | Instagramming |
| past participle | Instagrammed |
| past | Instagrammed |
Origin of Instagram
Trade name. Blend of instant + telegram. By surface analysis, insta- + -gram.
Words formed from Instagram
- Bookstagram
- Bookstagrammer
- finsta
- finstagram
- foodstagram
- foodstagrammer
- foodstagramming
- 'gram
- gram
- IG
- Ins
- Insta
- Instaceleb
- Instadad
- Instafame
- Instafamous
- Instagrammability
- Instagramability
- Instagrammable
- Instagramable
- Instagrammer
- Instamom
- Instamum
- Instapoet
- Instapoetry
- Instaverse
- Instaworthy
- rinsta
- Schizogram
- Studygram
- studygrammer
Questions about Instagram
- What does Instagram mean?
- Instagram means an online photo- and video-sharing social networking service, originally designed to mimic old-fashioned instant cameras.
- What is Instagram in Hindi?
- Instagram in Hindi is इन्स्टग्राम (insṭagrām). See Instagram meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use Instagram in a sentence?
- According to a survey commissioned by the credit card company Barclay, 9 percent of shoppers in Britain admitted to buying clothes online for Instagram.
- What part of speech is Instagram?
- Instagram can be a proper noun, a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce Instagram?
- Instagram is pronounced /ˈɪns.təˌɡɹæm/.
Words near Instagram in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: Instagram (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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