yonder

[ yon-der ]

adjective

1. being in that place or over there; being that or those over there:

   That road yonder is the one to take.

2. being the more distant or farther:

   yonder side.

adverb

1. at, in, or to that place specified or more or less distant; over there.

yonder

/ ˈjɒndə /

adverb

1. at, in, or to that relatively distant place; over there

determiner

1. being at a distance, either within view or as if within view

   yonder valleys

Word History and Origins

Origin of yonder¹

1250–1300; Middle English yonder, yender, equivalent to yond + -er as in hither, thither, etc.; akin to Dutch ginder, Gothic jaindre

Word History and Origins

Origin of yonder¹

C13: from Old English geond yond; related to Old Saxon jendra, Old High German jenēr, Gothic jaind

Example Sentences

“We're crossing over yonder, crossing over yonder...to be with those we love.”

From Literature

Two years before DeMille even arrived in Hollywood, filmmaker Thomas Ince had established his open-air studio way out yonder in Pacific Palisades.

From Los Angeles Times

Little wonder many in the EU push any membership date into the unspecified future yonder.

From Seattle Times

“Till the rains begin. Then this old river will come down out of the mountains yonder and carry you and this bridge — and a dozen bridges with it — to hell and gone.”

From Los Angeles Times

Rather than busying himself with them, he chipped a pretty long thing all the way over all their heads to someone he must have seen coming from yonder out of a corner of an eye.

From Washington Post