Definition of YONDER

yonder

Plural: yonders

Adjective Satellite

  • distant but within sight (`yon' is dialectal)
    • "yonder valley"
    • "the hills yonder"

Adverb

  • At some distance, usually within sight; over there.
  • at or in an indicated (usually distant) place (`yon' is archaic and dialectal); ; - Calder Willingham
    • "the house yonder"

Adv

  • At or in a distant but indicated place.
  • Synonym of thither: to a distant but indicated place.

Adj

  • The farther, the more distant of two choices.

Det

  • Who or which is over yonder, usually distant but within sight.
  • One who or which is over yonder, usually distant but within sight.

Noun

  • The vast distance, particularly the sky or trackless forest.

Examples

  • The perfect triple word score lay YONDER, just out of reach of his current tiles.
  • The yonder is Queen Niobe.
  • They headed on over yonder.
  • Whose doublewide is that over yonder?
  • Yonder lass, who be she?

Origin / Etymology

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”).

Synonyms

yon, away there, farther, over there, there, thither

Scrabble Score: 10

yonder: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
yonder: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
yonder: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 10

yonder: valid Words With Friends Word