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yonder

yonder

1 9.1
At a place a short distance away that you can see
  • adjective
  • /ˈjɒndər/
  • Archaic
translation icon : allá
  • The mountains look beautiful yonder, bathed in the afternoon sun.

And then you meet another group of Bros Yonder.

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Examples

  • Auburn is yonder way ...

    Blog text (21)

  • He that waits Yonder is leading me.

  • We have no idea who he is, but that's him out yonder with the chickens at the rabbit hutch.

    Fiction book (1994)

  • How many bread puddings had he eaten from just such scraps back yonder when nobody wasted anything in the Depression?

    Fiction book (1995)

  • You can see the old castle yonder, just beyond the river.

  • If you walk yonder, you will find a lovely park.

Synonyms

over there
vsyonder
∞ 1.0

A place a short way away from here

specifies that the place is within sight rather than simply distant
yon
vsyonder
  • Archaic
9.9

Far away but still visible, like a house or hill

is the common modern form rather than the dialectal or archaic one
yond
vsyonder
  • Archaic
9.9

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

indicates a nearby visible location rather than being beyond or across

Compounds

wild blue yonder
  • Literature
2 7.1

The open blue sky far above the ground

wide blue yonder
  • Literature
1 7.4

A very large open sky that seems to invite travel or adventure

How Distant

beyond
84 1.0
yonder
  • Archaic
1 9.1
over there
∞ 1.0
there
∞ 1.0
here
∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

yonder positive

Etymology

Yonder comes from old English words meaning 'over there' and is related to the shorter word yon and the word beyond. So, when you say something is yonder, you are pointing to a place 'over there' that you can see.