onscreen

Visible on monitor

Onscreen describes what appears on a display—television, computer, or cinema screen: The onscreen chemistry between the leads was undeniable.

It distinguishes visible screen content from what happens off-camera or behind the scenes.

Also spelled on-screen.

As an adverb: The actor first appeared onscreen in 1995.

text

caption

Text accompanying an image

watermark · timestamp · countdown · prompt · dialogue · transcript · translation · annotation · label · disclaimer

media

television

Broadcast viewing device

soap · series · reality · talkshow · advertisement · streaming · episode · pilot · finale · binge

display

pixels

Display's smallest points

  • resolutionFormal decision or determination
  • LCDLowest shared fraction bottom
  • LEDSemiconductor that glows

OLED · monitor · cursor · icon · window · menu · toolbar · notification · popup · widget

broadcast

anchor

Secures ships to seabed

  • telecastTransmitted television program
  • liveTo exist or dwell
  • newsReports of recent events

weather · sports · correspondent · bulletin · coverage · commentary · footage · ticker · graphics · chyron

cinema

credits

Units toward graduation

trailer · premiere · opening · closing · intermission · chapter · scene · sequence · shot · frame

visual

scenery

Visible natural surroundings

choreography · set · props · backdrop · composition · framing · close-up · panning · zoom · focus

Opposites
visibility in visual media

onscreenoffscreen

Beyond camera's view

off-screen · behind the scenes · offstage · in the wings · backstage

digital vs. physical medium

onscreenin print

Currently being published

on paper · printed · offline · hardcopy · handwritten

medium of presentation

onscreenonstage

Before the audience

live · in person · in the flesh · theatrical · in print

Family

screen, screening, screened, touchscreen, widescreen, screensaver, prescreen

Familiarity
Top 100,000
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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Everyday, not technical · Rated G