🏔️ Distant, visible 👆 Over there

yon

13 9.9

Far away but still visible, like a house or hill

adjective
/jɒn/

Archaic

: allá

He pointed toward yon cottage by the lake, barely visible through the mist.

Examples

In yon field, the cattle are grazing peacefully.
Do you see yon mountain in the distance?
Look at that mountain yon!
The village lies yon the hills.
Do you see yon mountain in the distance?
He pointed toward yon cottage by the lake, barely visible through the mist.
In yon field, the cattle are grazing peacefully.

Synonyms

yonder

vsyon

Archaic

44 9.1

At a place a short distance away that you can see

is the dialectal or archaic form of that same sense

yond

vsyon

Archaic

1 9.9

On the other side of something, often in old or poetic speech

means visible and within sight rather than beyond or out of view

How Distant

beyond

∞ 1.0

yon

Archaic

13 9.9

over there

∞ 1.0

there

124 1.0

here

∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

yon positive

Etymology

Yon comes from the same root as yonder, an old English word meaning 'over there' or 'beyond'. So when you say yon mountain, you are pointing to something distant but still in sight.