on-screen

adverb or adjective

ˈȯn-ˈskrēn 

ˈän-

variants or onscreen

1

: in a movie or a television program

But the makers of the 1958 movie understood that this most subtle of writers was telling a tale about the froth of life, and they celebrated it on-screen with gusto.

—Gerald Asher

The sixth-grader reportedly earned $1 million for starring in the upcoming My Girl, which pairs him with Anna Chlumsky for his first onscreen kiss.

—Alexander Tresniowski

2

: on a computer or television screen

You can watch a football game, see a small icon onscreen offering player statistics, click it with the remote, and view the stats.

—Edward W. Desmond

… handheld joysticks and gamepads that jolt and jar with the on-screen action.

—Leigh Gallagher

Examples of on-screen in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The show ran for 7 seasons from 2011 to 2018 New Girl featured some of the most unforgettable on-screen relationships of the 2010s — but the cast's off-screen relationships are just as adorable. —Julie Tremaine, People.com, 6 July 2025

Even though the Bachman secret was out by the time The Running Man hit theaters, King insisted that his pseudonym got the on-screen credit. —Jordan Hoffman, EW.com, 2 July 2025

Today, Thurman returns to her on-screen fighting roots by starring alongside Charlize Theron in The Old Guard 2, which is now streaming on Netflix. —Jeff Conway, Forbes.com, 2 July 2025

Maya will not be the first time Haggard and Ramsey have played mother-daughter roles on-screen, coming after the former played Johanna, parent of Ramsey’s titular leader in the Netflix series Hilda. —Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 2 July 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1929, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for on-screen

• agin
• alkene
• allene
• ameen
• amin
• amine
• arene
• athene
• baleen
• beeline
• benzene
• between