adj · adv · det · noun · 8 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation:/ˈjɒndə(ɹ)/
US:/ˈjɑndəɹ/
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Southern-US, obsolete, regional:/ˈjændə(ɹ)/
New-England, obsolete:/ˈjɛndə/
rhymes with -ɒndə(ɹ)
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Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
adj
Meaning 1
The farther, the more distant of two choices.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, dialectal
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
adv
Meaning 2
At or in a distant but indicated place.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Southern-US, not-comparable
Examples
Whose doublewide is that over yonder?
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
adv
Meaning 3
Synonym of thither: to a distant but indicated place.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, dialectal, not-comparable
Examples
They headed on over yonder.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: thither
Antonyms: none provided
4
det
Meaning 4
Who or which is over yonder, usually distant but within sight.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, dialectal
Examples
Yonder lass, who be she?
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
5
det
Meaning 5
One who or which is over yonder, usually distant but within sight.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, dialectal
Examples
The yonder is Queen Niobe.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
6
noun
Meaning 6
The vast distance, particularly the sky or trackless forest.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: literary
Examples
She set off into the blue yonder.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
7
adjective satellite
Meaning 7
distant but within sight (`yon' is dialectal)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
yonder valley
the hills yonder
what is yon place?
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: yon
Antonyms: none provided
8
adverb
Meaning 8
at or in an indicated (usually distant) place (`yon' is archaic and dialectal)- Calder Willingham
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
the house yonder
scattered here and yon
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: yon
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From Middle English yonder, yondre, ȝondre, ȝendre, from Old English ġeonre (“thither; yonder”, adverb), equivalent to yond (from ġeond, from Proto-Germanic *jainaz) + -er, as in hither, thither. Cognate with Scots ȝondir (“yonder”), Saterland Frisian tjunder (“over there, yonder”), Dutch ginder (“over there; yonder”), Middle Low German ginder, gender (“over there”), German jenseits (“on the other side, beyond”), Gothic 𐌾𐌰𐌹𐌽𐌳𐍂𐌴 (jaindrē, “thither”).
Across languages
Translations
94 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Albanian:
atje
— in a distant, indicated place
Arabic:
هُنَاك
(hunāk)
— in a distant, indicated place
Arabic:
هُنَالِك
(hunālik)
— in a distant, indicated place
Bengali:
সেথা
(śetha)
— in a distant, indicated place
Bengali:
হোথা
(hōtha)
— in a distant, indicated place
Breton:
hont
— in a distant, indicated place
Breton:
ahont
— in a distant, indicated place
Catalan:
allà
— in a distant, indicated place
Chinese Mandarin:
(在)那邊 /(在)那边
— in a distant, indicated place
Cornish:
hons
— in a distant, indicated place
Cornish:
enos
— in a distant, indicated place
Cornish:
en-hons
— in a distant, indicated place
Czech:
onde
— in a distant, indicated place
Czech:
tam
— in a distant, indicated place
Dutch:
ginder
— in a distant, indicated place
Estonian:
taamal
— in a distant, indicated place
Finnish:
tuolla
— in a distant, indicated place
French:
là-bas
— in a distant, indicated place
West-Frisian:
jinder
— in a distant, indicated place
Georgian:
იქით
(ikit)
— in a distant, indicated place
German:
dort drüben
— in a distant, indicated place
German:
dort
— in a distant, indicated place
German:
drüben
— in a distant, indicated place
Ancient Greek:
ἐκεῖ
(ekeî)
— in a distant, indicated place
Hungarian:
amott
— in a distant, indicated place
Icelandic:
þarna
— in a distant, indicated place
Irish:
ansiúd
— in a distant, indicated place
Italian:
laggiù
— in a distant, indicated place
Japanese:
あそこに
(asoko ni)
— in a distant, indicated place
Japanese:
彼方
(kanata)
— in a distant, indicated place
Korean:
저편
(jeopyeon)
— in a distant, indicated place
Macedonian:
о́нде
(ónde)
— in a distant, indicated place
Macedonian:
о́ндека
(óndeka)
— in a distant, indicated place
Malay:
sana
— in a distant, indicated place
Malay:
di sana
— in a distant, indicated place
Māori:
korā
— in a distant, indicated place
Mongolian:
энэ хавьд
(ene xavʹd)
— in a distant, indicated place
Ojibwe:
iwidi
— in a distant, indicated place
Portuguese:
além
— in a distant, indicated place
Portuguese:
acolá
— in a distant, indicated place
Russian:
вон та́м
(von tám)
— in a distant, indicated place
Russian:
там
(tam)
— in a distant, indicated place
Scottish Gaelic:
an siud
— in a distant, indicated place
Serbo-Croatian:
о́нде
— in a distant, indicated place
Serbo-Croatian:
ónde
— in a distant, indicated place
Sicilian:
ddassutta
— in a distant, indicated place
Sicilian:
ddocu sutta
— in a distant, indicated place
Spanish:
allá
— in a distant, indicated place
Spanish:
acullá (further than "allá")
— in a distant, indicated place
Spanish:
allí
— in a distant, indicated place
Tagalog:
doon
— in a distant, indicated place
Tamil:
உங்கு
(uṅku)
— in a distant, indicated place
Turkish:
orada
— in a distant, indicated place
Ukrainian:
он
(on)
— in a distant, indicated place
Ukrainian:
там
(tam)
— in a distant, indicated place
Ukrainian:
отам
(otam)
— in a distant, indicated place
Ukrainian:
онде
(onde)
— in a distant, indicated place
Ukrainian:
тамо
(tamo)
— in a distant, indicated place
Ukrainian:
оно
(ono)
— in a distant, indicated place
Welsh:
acw
— in a distant, indicated place
Welsh:
draw
— in a distant, indicated place
Albanian:
atje
— distant but within sight
Breton:
hont
— distant but within sight
Catalan:
aquell
— distant but within sight
Catalan:
aquella
— distant but within sight
Cornish:
enos
— distant but within sight
Finnish:
tuo
— distant but within sight
French:
là-bas
— distant but within sight
Gothic:
𐌾𐌰𐌹𐌽𐍃
(jains)
— distant but within sight
Ancient Greek:
ἐκεῖνος
(ekeînos)
— distant but within sight
Ancient Greek:
κεῖνος
(keînos)
— distant but within sight
Japanese:
あの
(ano)
— distant but within sight
Korean:
그
(geu)
— distant but within sight
Korean:
그것
(geugeot)
— distant but within sight
Macedonian:
о́нде
(ónde)
— distant but within sight
Macedonian:
о́ндека
(óndeka)
— distant but within sight
Macedonian:
оној
(onoj)
— distant but within sight
Portuguese:
aquele
— distant but within sight
Portuguese:
aquela
— distant but within sight
Portuguese:
aquilo
— distant but within sight
Russian:
вон то́т
(von tót)
— distant but within sight
Russian:
вон та́
(von tá)
— distant but within sight
Russian:
вон то́
(von tó)
— distant but within sight
Russian:
вон те́
(von té)
— distant but within sight