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on-screen

on-screen is the alternative form of onscreen.

Meaning of onscreen

Adjective

onscreen (not comparable)

  1. 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.
    Antonyms:
    offscreen

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Antonyms of on-screen

Phrases with on-screen

Questions about on-screen

What is on-screen the alternative form of?
On-screen is the alternative form of onscreen.

Words near on-screen in the dictionary

  1. on-roader
  2. on-roaders
  3. on-roading
  4. on-roads
  5. on-scene
  6. on-screen
  7. on-side
  8. on-side kick
  9. on-side kicks
  10. on-site
  11. on-slip

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Adapted from Wiktionary: on-screen (page history and authors); onscreen (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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