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 pair, who had a steamy on-screen romance on the ABC drama, chatted about their recent TV roles and reflected on working together. —Tiffany Kelly, Entertainment Weekly, 7 June 2026

Analysts expect Apple to show a more powerful version of Siri with a standalone chatbot-style app, personal context, on-screen awareness, the ability to handle multi-step commands and deeper routing to outside models, potentially including Google’s Gemini. —Mackenzie Sigalos, CNBC, 5 June 2026

Once the merchandise window opens in the app, tap it and follow the on-screen instructions to claim the merchandise while supplies last. —Julia Gomez, USA Today, 3 June 2026

As the journey progresses, a male driver and his female companion (neither pictured on-screen) begin to discuss the Winkie. —Jonathan Odden, Artforum, 2 June 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1929, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for on-screen

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