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 playwright has also acted onstage — most notably as George in the revival of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? which won him a Tony award — and on-screen. —Emily Blackwood, People.com, 24 Feb. 2025

Beyond her on-screen legacy, Fonda has used her platform for social and political activism, advocating for climate change, women's rights, and social justice. —Amanda Castro, Newsweek, 23 Feb. 2025

The monitor’s settings can be altered extensively by accessing an on-screen menu which contains a comprehensive set of controls for parameters like contrast, brightness, color temperature and other settings. —Mark Sparrow, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2025

But the earnestness of Moore and West’s performances — as well as their on-screen chemistry and the touching evolution of their characters’ relationship — makes this one of the stand-out Sparks’ movies. —Sezin Devi Koehler, EW.com, 23 Feb. 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