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yonder

adj · adv · det · noun · 8 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈjɒndə(ɹ)/
  • US: /ˈjɑndəɹ/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Australia: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Southern-US, obsolete, regional: /ˈjændə(ɹ)/
  • New-England, obsolete: /ˈjɛndə/
  • rhymes with -ɒndə(ɹ)
  • CMU ARPABET: Y AA1 N D ER0 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
  • Spanish: aquel — distant but within sight
  • Spanish: aquella — distant but within sight
  • Tamil: உந்த (unta) — distant but within sight
  • Tamil: உ- (u-) — distant but within sight
  • Turkish: oradaki — distant but within sight
  • Welsh: acw — distant but within sight
  • Finnish: tuo — the vast distance
  • German: dort drüben — the vast distance
  • Japanese: あれ (are) — the vast distance
  • Russian: далёко (daljóko) — the vast distance
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