Hither

Definition: Hither

Hither

Adverb

1. To this place (especially toward the speaker); "come here, please".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "hither" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

Synonym: Hither

Approach

Interjection: come hither! approach! here! come! come near! forward!

Arrival

Adverb: here, hither.

Direction

Adverb: towards; on the road, on the high road to; en avant; versus, to; hither, thither, whither; directly; straight as an arrow, forwards as an arrow; point blank; in a bee line to, in a direct line to, as the crow flies, in a straight line to, in a bee line for, in a direct line for, in a straight line for, in a bee line with, in a direct line with, in a straight line with; in a line with; full tilt at, as the crow flies.

Evolution

Adverb: to and fro, up and down, backwards and forwards, hither and yon, seesaw, zigzag, wibble-wabble, in and out, from side to side, like buckets in a well.

Crosswords: Hither

Were there a lot of uh signs hanging hither and yonder in Chinese there? (Cheers; writing credit: Isaac Cronin; Wayne Wang)

Let him that moved you hither remove you hence! (Bisbetica domata, La; writing credit: Suso Cecchi d'Amico; Paul Dehn)

Hither and Thither (1922)

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Books

• Come Hither (reference)

  (more book examples)

Music

• Hither Hills (reference)

• Hither 'N' Zither (Around the World with Anton Karas) (reference)

• Hither N Zither: Around the World With [IMPORT] (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

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Hither I come from my airy home, afar in the silver moon.Credit: Library of Congress.

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He has erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent hither swarms of Officers to harrass our people, and eat out their substance. (reference)

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

The mystic token alighted on the hither verge of the stream.

The letters of the name of Dublin lay heavily upon his mind, pushing one another surlily hither and thither with slow boorish insistence.

I would speak with Clarence, and I came hither on my legs.

Hither the clean wild ducks come.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Coming hither

Expressions using "hither": chide hither chide from or chide away ♦ going hither and thither ♦ hither and thither ♦ hither and yon ♦ to chide hither. Additional references.

Beginning with "hither": hither-and-thither.

Ending with "hither": come-hither.

Containing "hither": come-hither look.

Afrikaan

hierheen (here, this way). (various references)

Albanian

që është më afër, këtu (here, herein, there, therein), këtej, i këtejshëm, i këndejmë. (various references)

Arabic 

‏من هذا الجانب (thither), ‏هنا (here, herein, thither). (various references)

Bulgarian 

насам (along, downwards, here, over, round, this way, thither, thitherwards), по-близък. (various references)

Chinese 

到此處 . (various references)

Czech

sem (here). (various references)

Danish

hid (here, this way), herhen (here, this way). (various references)

Dutch

hierheen (here, this way), hier (behold, here, here are, here is, here you are, look, this, this way). (various references)

Esperanto

tien ĉi (here, this way), ĉi tien (here, this way). (various references)

Faeroese

higar (here, this way). (various references)

Farsi 

اینطرفی , اینجا (Where), به اینجا. (various references)

Finnish

sinne tänne (here and there, hither and thither, up and down). (various references)

French

ici, de ce côté-ci. (various references)

German

hierher (here, this way). (various references)

Greek 

προσ τα εδώ, εδώ (here). (various references)

Hebrew 

�"לום (shocked, smitten, stricken, struck). (various references)

Hungarian

ide (here), erre (over here, thereupon, this way, whereupon). (various references)

Indonesian

kemari. (various references)

Italian

qui (here, this way, where), qu� (here, this, this way). (various references)

Manx

noal (across, from beyond, hence, homewards, over), gys shoh (hereto, hitherto), dys shoh (hereto). (various references)

Papiamen

aki (here, this way). (various references)

Pig Latin

itherhay

Portuguese

cá (here, this way, up). (various references)

Romanian

de dincoace, aici (heel, here, herein, there, to heel), încoace (here, round). (various references)

Russian 

сюда (here). (various references)

Scottish

trobhad (come thou hither to me). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

ovostrani (side: of this side), ovamo (here), amo (here). (various references)

Spanish

más cercano (nearest), aquí (here, lo), acá (here, over here, thisway). (various references)

Swedish

hit (here, hit, hit song, this way). (various references)

Thai

ที่นี่ (� าษาโบรา�"). (various references)

Turkish

buraya (here), bu taraftaki, beriye, berideki. (various references)

Ukranian 

сюди (here, this way), ближчий. (various references)

Vietnamese 

bên n� y, ở phía n� y, ở đây (here, herein), đây (here). (various references)

Welsh

moes (bring hither, give, manners, morality, morals). (various references)

hinc, huc. (various references)

hider. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations

Words beginning with "hither": hithermost, hitherto, hitherward. (additional references)

Words ending with "hither": nowhither, somewhither, thither, throughither, whither. (additional references)

Words containing "hither": thitherto, thitherward, thitherwards, whithersoever, whitherward. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Hither" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: aither, hatha, Hathar, hathe, hather, hethel, hether, heuhera, Heythorp, Hideharu, Hitae, hiter, hit'er, hithero, hithher, Hithi, Hochner, Hoher, Hothar, Hyter, Ihihe, ither, mither. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: ither, their.

-2 letters: heir, heth, hire, rite, thir, tier, tire.

-3 letters: eth, heh, her, het, hie, hit, ire, rei, ret, the, tie.

-4 letters: eh, er, et, he, hi, it, re, ti.

+1 letter: hitcher, thither, whither.

+2 letters: etherish, heathier, herewith, hitchers, hitherto.

+3 letters: haughtier, healthier, horseshit, nowhither, rhythmize, thatchier, therewith, thirtieth, thitherto, threshing, wherewith.

+4 letters: churchiest, diphtheria, earthlight, earthshine, eurhythmic, hatcheries, heterophil, hierophant, hitchhiker, hithermost, hitherward, horseshits, otherwhile, rhythmized, rhythmizes, thearchies, thirteenth, thirtieths, withholder, worthwhile.

+5 letters: churchliest, diphtherial, diphtherias, diphtheroid, earthlights, earthshines, eurhythmics, eurhythmies, hairbreadth, hemerythrin, hemihydrate, hemstitcher, heptarchies, heterophile, hierophants, highlighter, hitchhikers, homoiotherm, hypothermia, hypothermic, interchurch, lithosphere, otherwhiles, phosphorite, searchlight, shorthaired, somewhither, therewithal, thermophile, thirteenths, thitherward, unhealthier, wheelwright, wherewithal, whitethroat, whitewasher, whitherward, withershins, withholders.

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