Dictionary Definition
hither adv : to this place (especially toward the
speaker); "come here, please" [syn: here] [ant: there]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Etymology
hider.Pronunciation
- /ˈhɪðə/
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- Rhymes: -ɪðə(r)
Adverb
- In the context of "literary|or|archaic": To this place, to
here.
- He went hither and thither.
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
to here
Adjective
- On this side; the nearer.
- 1954, The essential Not-self could be perceived very clearly in things and in living creatures on the hither side of good and evil. — Aldous Huxley, The Doors of Perception (Chatto & Windus 1954, p. 30)
Translations
- Icelandic: sem er nær
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
aboard,
among us, here, hereabout, hereabouts, hereat, hereinto, hereto, hereunto, hitherward, hitherwards, in this place,
in this vicinity, just here, on board, on the spot, somewhere
about, to this place, with us