hither

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hither

/ˈhɪðə/ UK
/ˈhɪðɚ/ US

Rhymes with -ɪðə(ɹ)

Where it comes from

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

adverb

archaic, literary, not comparable To this place, to here. He went hither and thither.
not comparable over here

Opposite: hence

adjective

archaic, 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.
Similar: citerior · Opposite: further

verb hithers · hithering · hithered

only used in the phrase hither and thither

Thesaurus

adverb

Opposite: hence

Translations

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adv to here

Español	para aquí/acá/aquende
한국어	여기로 yeogiro
Português	acá, para cá
Français	ici, çà
Deutsch	her, hierher, hierhin
Italiano	qui, qua
Română	încoace, aici
Русский	сюда́ sjudá
עברית	הֲלוֹם halóm, הֵנָּה héna

adj on this side

Español	citerior
Italiano	citeriore, al di qua

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Chicago

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@misc{hither_2026,
  title = {hither},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/hither},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}