onscreen
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onscreen
Where it comes from
From on + screen.
adjective on-screen
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As seen on a screen (as of television, film, or computer) rather than in real life.
The two actors had a very realistic onscreen romance, but in reality they couldn't stand each other.
Opposite: offscreen
adverb on-screen
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Inside the frame of the cinema, television or computer screen.
I leaned over her shoulder to see two cybergirls yanking out each other's hair. Katy was typing insults that appeared onscreen.
Opposite: offscreen
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: on-line, gui, display, online, on-screen, viewer, screen, screenbound, black-and-white, televisual, virtual, offline, videocentric, televised, made-for-tv, electrographic
Translations
Every language
adj as seen on a screen
| Русский | экра́нный ekránnyj |
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adv inside the frame of the screen
| Deutsch | Bildschirm- |
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Talk about this word "onscreen." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/onscreen. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. onscreen. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/onscreen "onscreen." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/onscreen.Cite this
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title = {onscreen},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/onscreen},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
