hither
Syllables: hi·therUK/ˈhɪðə//ˈhɪðɚ/
hither adverb: to this place, to here.
Adverb
hither (not comparable)
- To this place, to here.
- He went hither and thither.
- SATURNINUS: Go fetch them hither to us presently.
TITUS: Why, there they are, both baked in that pie,
Whereof their mother daintily hath fed,
Eating the flesh that she herself hath bred.c. 1588–1593 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Lamentable Tragedy of Titus Andronicus”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac...
- over here
Adjective
hither (not comparable)
- On this side; the nearer.
- The essential Not-self could be perceived very clearly in things and in living creatures on the hither side of good and evil.1954, Aldous Huxley, The Doors of Perception, Chatto & Windus, page 30
- Synonyms:
- citerior
Verb
hither (third-person singular simple present hithers, present participle hithering, simple past and past participle hithered)
- only used in the phrase hither and thither
hither meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Telugu
hither in Hindi
- hither
- इधर idhar
hither in Tamil
- இங்கண், இப்பாடு, இங்கு, இப்பக்கம், இங்குள்ள
hither in Urdu
- hither
- اس جگہ پر is jagah par, ادھر idhar
hither in Telugu
- hither, on this side
- ఇవతల ivatala
More languagesFewer languages
- hither in Malayalam
- ഈ വശത്തുള്ള, ഇപ്പുറമുള്ള, കൂടുതലടുത്ത, ഇവിടേക്ക്
- hither in Kannada
- ಇತ್ತ ಕಡೆಗೆ, ಈ ಕಡೆಗೆ, ಈ ದಿಕ್ಕಿನಲ್ಲಿ, ಈ ದಿಶೆಯಲ್ಲಿ
Examples of hither in a sentence
- Part of the time he spent in the speedster dashing hither and yon.
- And now she knows, just what those fluttering eyelashes can do, just what that come hither look means.
- We’ve now spent eight years watching Republican congressmen scurrying hither and thither brandishing pitchforks, outraged at the latest whiff of terrorist fist-bumpery.
Synonyms of hither
Antonyms
Forms of hither
| third-person singular present | hithers |
|---|---|
| present participle | hithering |
| past participle | hithered |
| past | hithered |
Origin of hither
From Old English hider, from Proto-Germanic *hidrê. Cognate with Latin citer.
Words formed from hither
Words that rhyme with hither
- dither
- whither
- wither
- lither
- slither
- swither
- blither
- hither and thither
- nither
- thither
- zither
- mither
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Questions about hither
- What does hither mean?
- Hither means to this place, to here.
- What is hither in Hindi?
- Hither in Hindi is इधर (idhar). See Hither meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is hither?
- Hither can be an adverb, an adjective or a verb.
- How do you pronounce hither?
- Hither is pronounced /ˈhɪðə/ (UK).
Words near hither in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: hither (page history and authors); इधर (Hindi) (page history and authors); hither (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ادھر (Urdu) (page history and authors); ఇవతల (Telugu) (page history and authors); hither (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); hither (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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