Hither

adjective

/ˈhɪðə/

Word Frequency: 1.5

Definitions

1.adjectiveOn 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)"

2.adverbTo this place, to here.

"He went hither and thither."

3.adverbOver here

Synonyms

citerior here haste thisaway hereabouts hereabout hereward hitherward inside inward hereunto hereinto

Antonyms

hence

Rhymes With

dither slither zither thither whither atither bither ryther

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