Definitions for yonder
ˈyɒn dəryon·der

Princeton's WordNet(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. yonder, yon(adverb)

   distant but within sight (`yon' is dialectal)

   "yonder valley"; "the hills yonder"; "what is yon place?"

2. yonder, yon(adverb)

   at or in an indicated (usually distant) place (`yon' is archaic and dialectal)

   "the house yonder"; "scattered here and yon"- Calder Willingham

Wiktionary(3.50 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. yonder(Noun)

   Something that is distant but within sight.

   Off we go, into the wild blue yonder, riding high into the sky.

2. yonder(Adverb)

   Distant but within sight

   Yonder peasant - who is he?

3. yonder(Adverb)

   In a distant, indicated place; over there.

   Yonder peasant - who is he?

Webster Dictionary(3.00 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Yonder(adverb)

   at a distance, but within view

   Etymology: [OE. yonder, onder; cf. OD. ginder, Goth. jaindr there. . See Yond, adv.]

2. Yonder(adj)

   being at a distance within view, or conceived of as within view; that or those there; yon

   Etymology: [OE. yonder, onder; cf. OD. ginder, Goth. jaindr there. . See Yond, adv.]

Anagrams for yonder »

1. droney

2. Rodney

How to pronounce yonder?

1. 

   Alex

   US English

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of yonder in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of yonder in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of yonder in a Sentence

1. William Shakespeare:

   Hamlet Do you see yonder cloud that's almost in shape of a camel Polonius By the mass, and 'tis like a camel, indeed. Hamlet Methinks it is like a weasel. Polonius It is backed like a weasel. Hamlet Or like a whale Polonius Very like a whale.

2. William Shakespeare:

   But, soft what light through yonder window breaks It is the east, and Juliet is the sun.

3. Mark Twain:

   A verb has a hard enough time of it in this world when it is all together. It's downright inhuman to split it up. But that's what those Germans do. They take part of a verb and put it down here, like a stake, and they take the other part of it and put it a way over yonder like another stake, and between these two limits they just shovel in German.

4. Roho Hartman:

   I said, 'Hey, could you give me a ride home?' he said ‘Where do you live?’…I said, ‘Just right over yonder.'.

5. William Shakespeare, "Romeo and Juliet", Act 2 scene 1:

   But, soft! what light through yonder window breaks? It is the east, and Juliet is the sun.

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