Hither

//ˈhɪðə// adj, adv, verb

adj, adv, verb ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    only used in the phrase hither and thither
Adjective
  1. 1
    On this side; the nearer. archaic, not-comparable

    "The essential Not-self could be perceived very clearly in things and in living creatures on the hither side of good and evil."

Adverb
  1. 1
    To this place, to here. archaic, literary, not-comparable

    "He went hither and thither."

  2. 2
    over here not-comparable
Adverb
  1. 1
    to this place (especially toward the speaker) wordnet

Synonyms

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aboardamong usciteriorhereherehereabout

Antonyms

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hence

Example

More examples

"The air was filled with phantoms, wandering hither and thither in restless haste, and moaning as they went."

Etymology

From Old English hider, from Proto-Germanic *hidrê. Cognate with Latin citer.

Related phrases

Hither Greencome hithercome-hitherhither and thitherhither and yonhither and yonderhither and thither

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