🏔️ Distant, visible 👆 Over there

yon

4 9.9

At a place some distance away that you can see

adverb
/jɒn/

Archaic

: allá

You can see the old castle yon, perched atop the hill.

Examples

The mountains are yon, visible in the fading light of dusk.
Look at that tree yon, where the sun is shining brightly.
And, and stars are cast, hit her and yon, and then they come back and it's a mess.

Synonyms

yonder

vsyon

Archaic

44 9.1

At a place a short distance away that you can see

refers to a place at distance more generally and is chiefly archaic or dialectal

yond

vsyon

Archaic

2 9.9

At a distance over there, often in old or poetic speech

is mainly dialectal or archaic rather than poetic

How Distant

beyond

∞ 1.0

yon

Archaic

4 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, which means 'over there', and is used as an adverb to say something is 'at that place'. So when someone says look yon, they mean 'look over there'.