What does "thither" mean?

The farther, the other and more distant.

What is a synonym for "thither"?

Common synonyms include: away there, farther, further, over there, theory, there.

Thither

//ˈðɪðə// adj, adv

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Definitions

Adjective

1
The farther, the other and more distant. archaic, no-comparative
"the thither side of life, that is to say, afterlife"

Adverb

1
To that place. archaic, literary, not-comparable
"Behold now, this city is near to flee unto, and it is a little one: Oh, let me escape thither […]"
2
To that point, end, or result. archaic, not-comparable
"The argument tended thither."

Adverb

1
to or toward that place; away from the speaker wordnet

Synonyms

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away there farther further over there theory there

Antonyms

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thence

Example

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"Ye shall seek me, and shall not find me; and where I am, thither ye cannot come."

Etymology

From Middle English thider, from Old English þider, an alteration (probably by analogy with hider (“hither”)) of earlier þæder (“to there”), from Proto-Germanic *þadrê.

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