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

Tap Create New Address and follow the on-screen instructions to generate a new random email address. —Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 3 Jan. 2026

Culkin's appearance on Fallout also comes after the 45-year-old star has made a few notable appearances on TV, with roles as Mickey in American Horror Story season 10 and playing Goggins' on-screen son, Harmon, in season 2 of The Righteous Gemstones. —Stacy Lambe, PEOPLE, 31 Dec. 2025

If the user begins to fold it incorrectly — by closing the right side before the left, for instance — the phone quickly warns them with on-screen notifications and physical vibrations. —Bloomberg, Mercury News, 30 Dec. 2025

Nicole Kidman is the queen of hair transformations—her diverse cuts and colors for on-screen roles and red carpets deserve an essay of their own. —Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 30 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