tweeted

Shared online publicly

Tweeted is the past tense of tweet, meaning to post a short message on the social media platform Twitter (now called X).

The word borrowed from a bird's chirp to match the platform's bird logo and character limits: She tweeted about the concert last night.

By extension, tweeted sometimes means any brief public statement online.

birdsong

chirped

Made small bird sounds

chattered · whistled · peeped · twittered · called · piped · cheeped · cooed · chirruped · squawked

social

posted

Made publicly visible

viral · followers · mentioned · liked · quoted · threaded · trending · DM · timeline · feed

Opposites
public vs. private communication

tweetedDMed

Sent private online note

whispered · texted · emailed · untweeted · encrypted

broadcasting vs. silence

tweetedkept quiet

said nothing · withheld · bit one's tongue · held back · self-censored

digital vs. non-digital communication

tweetedcalled

Contacted by phone

mailed

Phrases
Family

tweet, tweets, tweeting, tweeter, retweet, subtweet, tweetable, tweeters, retweeting

Familiarity
Top 100,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Everyday, not technical · Rated G