yonder
UK/ˈjɒndə(ɹ)//ˈjɑndəɹ/
yonder adverb: at or in a distant but indicated place.
Adverb
yonder (not comparable)
- At or in a distant but indicated place.
- Whose doublewide is that over yonder?
- See who yonder is.c. 1597 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merry Wiues of Windsor”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...
- Synonym of thither: to a distant but indicated place.
- They headed on over yonder.
- As for me and the childe, we wyl go yonder.1535, Bible (Coverdale), Genesis, 22
- Synonyms:
- thither
Adjective
yonder (comparative more yonder, superlative most yonder)
- The farther, the more distant of two choices.
- "You have all necessary proofs in your possession, though you may not be aware of their existence," replied Arden; "will you allow me to open yonder box?"1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XIII, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume II, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 163
- Synonyms:
- farther
Determiner
yonder
- Who or which is over yonder, usually distant but within sight.
- Yonder lass, who be she?
- But ſoft, what light through yonder window breaks?
It is the Eaſt, and Iuliet is the Sunne[…]c. 1591–1595 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Romeo and Ivliet”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and...
- One who or which is over yonder, usually distant but within sight.
- The yonder is Queen Niobe.
Noun
yonder (plural yonders)
yonder meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam
yonder in Tamil
- in a distant, indicated place
- உங்கு uṅku
- distant but within sight
- உந்த unta
yonder in Urdu
- yonder, over there
- اس طرف us taraf
- yonder
- ادھر udhar
yonder in Bengali
- in a distant, indicated place
- সেথা śetha, হোথা hōtha
yonder in Malayalam
- അങ്ങ്, അക്കാണുന്നിടത്ത്, അക്കാണുന്ന, അവിടെ
More languagesFewer languages
- yonder in Tagalog
- doon
- yonder in Arabic
- هُنَاك hunāk, هُنَالِك hunālik
- yonder in Malay
- sana, di sana
Examples of yonder in a sentence
- "A fine man, that Dunwody, yonder," commented the young captain, as they parted, and as he turned to his prisoner.1910, Emerson Hough, chapter I, in The Purchase Price: Or The Cause of Compromise, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:
- Fire, the Sword, and Plagueǃ They may all be found in the yonder city; on my head alone may they fallǃ1826, [Mary Shelley], chapter II, in The Last Man. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC:
Synonyms of yonder
Forms of yonder
| Adverb | |
|---|---|
| alternative form | younder |
| Adjective | |
| comparative | more yonder |
| superlative | most yonder |
| Noun | |
| plural | yonders |
Origin of yonder
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”).
Words formed from yonder
- into the wide blue yonder
- yonderward
- yonderway
- absence makes the heart go yonder
- here and yonder
- hither and yonder
- wild blue yonder
- that yonder
- this yonder
- wide blue yonder
- yonderly
- yondermair
- yondermost
Words that rhyme with yonder
Questions about yonder
- What does yonder mean?
- Yonder means at or in a distant but indicated place.
- What is yonder in Tamil?
- Yonder in Tamil is உங்கு (uṅku), உந்த (unta). See Yonder meaning in Tamil.
- How do you use yonder in a sentence?
- "A fine man, that Dunwody, yonder," commented the young captain, as they parted, and as he turned to his prisoner.
- What part of speech is yonder?
- Yonder can be an adverb, an adjective, a determiner or a noun.
- How do you pronounce yonder?
- Yonder is pronounced /ˈjɒndə(ɹ)/ (UK).
Words near yonder in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: yonder (page history and authors); ادھر (Urdu) (page history and authors); yonder (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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