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

Curtis and Lohan, 39, reunite on-screen for the first time in 22 years in this summer’s Freakier Friday, but while off-camera, their friendship has remained strong. —Victoria Edel, People.com, 8 Aug. 2025

Davidson says, quoting an exchange between Sylvester Stallone's titular boxer and his on-screen trainer, Burgess Meredith's Mickey. —Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 8 Aug. 2025

The film reunites the iconic on-screen mother-daughter duo Jamie Lee Curtis and Lindsay Lohan for another round of body-swapping. —Monica Mercuri, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2025

The show will handle the absence of specific characters differently, with on-screen credit tributes to Hardwick and Joss specifically. —Abbey White, HollywoodReporter, 7 Aug. 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