yonder
Way over there
Yonder means over there—at a distance but within sight.
The word is old-fashioned or dialectal, surviving mainly in rural American and British regional speech: What's that building yonder?
It works as an adverb or adjective: the yonder hills.
The phrase the wild blue yonder means the sky or a remote, unknown place.
At great distance
- far-offAt great distance
- over thereAt a distance indicated
- distantFar away or aloof
- horizonApparent earth-sky meeting
outlying · far-flung · remote · afar · way off · out there · thither · hither
Showing or pointing to
- gestureCommunicative body movement
- pointingDirecting attention somewhere
- directionWay something faces
- that wayIn that direction
beckon · nod · signal · there · thither · designate · specify · mark
Belonging to earlier times
- literaryOf written works
- poeticOf or like verse
- rusticRural and unrefined
- folksyInformally friendly and simple
quaint · antiquated · pastoral · dialect · vernacular · countrified · homespun · colloquial
Edge of settlement
- backcountrySparsely populated wilderness areas
- outbackRemote interior wilderness
- hinterlandRemote area beyond settlements
- open countryUnenclosed rural land
wide open spaces · unexplored · uncharted · unknown · horizon · vastness · promised land
Sadly longing for something
- yearningIntense prolonged craving
- nostalgiaLonging for the past
- dreaminessVague, unfocused mental state
- gazingProlonged, intent looking
homesickness · pining · melancholy · wanderlust · reverie · daydream · contemplation · musing
faraway
At great distance
- far-offAt great distance
- over thereAt a distance indicated
- distantFar away or aloof
horizon · outlying · far-flung · remote · afar · way off · out there · thither · hither · across
indicating
Showing or pointing to
that way · beckon · nod · signal · there · thither · designate · specify · mark · direct
old-fashioned
Belonging to earlier times
folksy · quaint · antiquated · pastoral · dialect · vernacular · countrified · homespun · colloquial · Southern
frontier
Edge of settlement
- backcountrySparsely populated wilderness areas
- outbackRemote interior wilderness
- hinterlandRemote area beyond settlements
open country · wide open spaces · unexplored · uncharted · unknown · horizon · vastness · promised land
wistful
Sadly longing for something
- yearningIntense prolonged craving
- nostalgiaLonging for the past
- dreaminessVague, unfocused mental state
gazing · homesickness · pining · melancholy · wanderlust · reverie · daydream · contemplation · musing · reflection
- wild blue yonderRemote atmospheric distance
- blue yonder
- over yonderAt a distance indicated