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

After doing some work onstage, the actor and comedian finally began appearing on-screen in the 1970s, earning small roles in TV shows like Police Woman, The Waltons and The Jeffersons. —Kimberlee Speakman, PEOPLE, 11 Jan. 2026

She was also thrilled to work with Brown again and show off their natural on-screen chemistry, which Berthelsen said has been there since Season 2. —Anthony Robledo, USA Today, 10 Jan. 2026

That option uses on-screen data visualizations and bird’s-eye view camera angles. —Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 10 Jan. 2026

Future updates may introduce visible hit points and on-screen scoring, turning group flights into structured air-battle experiences. —Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 9 Jan. 2026

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