Definition of "yonder" in English

adverb

1. (archaic or dialectal outside of Cumbria, Southern US) At or in a distant but indicated place.

   • Whose doublewide is that over yonder?

2. (archaic or dialect) Synonym of thither: to a distant but indicated place.

   • As for me and the childe, we wyl go yonder.
   • They headed on over yonder.

adjective

1. (archaic or dialect) The farther, the more distant of two choices.

determiner

1. (archaic or dialect, as an adjective) Who or which is over yonder, usually distant but within sight.

   • Yonder lass, who be she?

2. (archaic or dialect, as a pronoun) One who or which is over yonder, usually distant but within sight.

   • The yonder is Queen Niobe.

noun

1. (literary) The vast distance, particularly the sky or trackless forest.