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 sequence that follows, as Jack's daughter Alice (Lucy Cohu) powerlessly looks on, is one of the most haunting in TV history, as one of pop culture's big taboos — the on-screen death of a child — is broken before your eyes. —Richard Edwards, Space.com, 5 Dec. 2025

Their kiss is one of the most satisfying on-screen reunion kisses in recent memory… and the happy moment lasts for all of about 10 seconds. —Ew Staff December 5, Entertainment Weekly, 5 Dec. 2025

John Ashton had minor roles on-screen in Starsky and Hutch and Dallas before taking on the role of Sgt. —John Russell, PEOPLE, 5 Dec. 2025

The bookshelf also features an LED screen that displays excerpts and quotes from the books while speakers play an audio recording of Devlin reading the words that appear on-screen. —Amanda Rosa, Miami Herald, 3 Dec. 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