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

That’s largely due to Apple’s ultra-wideband chip, which enables Precision Finding and guides you to an object’s exact location with on-screen arrows, vibrations, and sounds. — Sheena Vasani, The Verge, 27 Oct. 2026

The film, co-directed by Lance Oppenheim and comedian Nathan Fielder, who also appears on-screen, reinvents the genre — or perhaps returns it to its roots. — Laura Zornosa, Los Angeles Times, 26 Oct. 2026

Through these reenactments, Fielder and Seyfried dig further into Holmes’s intentions and actions, though the audience is now hyperaware of the artificiality on-screen. — Andrew McGowan, Fortune, 26 Oct. 2026

In the sequel, Andrews' on-screen granddaughter, Mia Thermopolis, played by Anne Hathaway, took over as Queen of Genovia, with Clarisse retiring after years of ruling the country alone. — Lori A Bashian, FOXNews.com, 25 Oct. 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