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

This solution addresses the issue where the input field is obscured by the on-screen keyboard. — Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 6 Oct. 2026

Moss, whose Love & Squalor Pictures optioned the novel, won’t reprise her on-screen role but remains an executive producer. — Rick Porter, HollywoodReporter, 5 Oct. 2026

Samsung Borderless Business Monitor Deal This 24-inch business monitor keeps everything on-screen professional. — Kelsey Fogarty, PC Magazine, 2 Oct. 2026

Latency is the delay between an input or event and the system’s response, such as the time between pressing a button and seeing the result on-screen. — Aman Kumar, Encyclopedia Britannica, 30 Sep. 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