yon

Other forms of yon

comparative

yonner·

superlative

yonnest·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about yon

What does yon mean?

yon means "distant but within sight (`yon' is dialectal)". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in yon?

yon has 1 syllable: yon. In IPA it is /ˈjɑn/.

What is another word for yon?

Close synonyms include yonder, yonder. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is yon a common word?

yon is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.