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 results inform personalized recommendations and, for those who want to continue, a course of 10 to 20 neurofeedback sessions, where an on-screen game responds to their brain activity in real time. — Amy O’Brien, Vogue, 3 Nov. 2026

Pascal, meanwhile, gave MCU fans a taste of what’s to come from Doctor Doom, who will make his first on-screen appearance in Doomsday, which hits theaters in December. — Bailey Richards, PEOPLE, 1 Nov. 2026

Hollywood stars are celebrating Halloween with a wide range of costumes, from recreating iconic on-screen characters to paying tribute to fellow celebrities. — Hilary Lewis, HollywoodReporter, 31 Oct. 2026

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

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