Meaning & use

yonder

adverb·Advanced

Over there, at some distance within sight, but not close by.

See it in a sentence

The old farmer pointed yonder, toward the barn on the far side of the field.

Look yonder, she said, gesturing at the mountains on the horizon.

A note on using this word

Yonder is archaic or dialectal in modern English and mainly appears in literary, poetic, or regional speech.

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