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

Throughout Snowy Day, Lee makes moves that are easy to imagine on-screen. —Lily Meyer, The Atlantic, 5 Sep. 2025

The Emmy-winning actor will begin taping in mid-September for his on-screen debut later this year. —Lynette Rice, Deadline, 5 Sep. 2025

But what of his analyses of his own on-screen depictions? —Alex Ritman, Variety, 4 Sep. 2025

Julianne Hough first hinted at the on-screen emergency in an Instagram post in June celebrating the 20th anniversary of DWTS. —Claire Franken, TVLine, 4 Sep. 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