Word Study
hither
CIDE DICTIONARY
hither, adv. [OE. hider, AS. hider; akin to Icel. h, Dan. hid, Sw. hit, Goth. hidr; cf. L. citra on this side, or E. here, he. He.].
- To this place; -- used with verbs signifying motion, and implying motion toward the speaker; correlate of hence and thither; as, to come or bring hither. [1913 Webster]
- To this point, source, conclusion, design, etc.; -- in a sense not physical. [1913 Webster]"Hither we refer whatsoever belongeth unto the highest perfection of man." [1913 Webster]
hither, a.
- Being on the side next or toward the person speaking; nearer; -- correlate of thither and farther; as, on the hither side of a hill. Milton. [1913 Webster]
- Applied to time: On the hither side of, younger than; of fewer years than. [1913 Webster]"And on the hither side, or so she looked,
Of twenty summers." [1913 Webster]"To the present generation, that is to say, the people a few years on the hither and thither side of thirty, the name ofCharles Darwin stands alongside of those ofIsaac Newton andMichael Faraday ." [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
hither, adv. & adj. formal
--adv. to or towards this place.
--adj. archaic situated on this side; the nearer (of two).
--adv. to or towards this place.
--adj. archaic situated on this side; the nearer (of two).
Idiom
hither and thither (or yon) in various directions; to and fro.
Etymology
OE hider: cf. THITHER
THESAURUS
hither
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 usROGET THESAURUS
hither
Direction
N direction, management, managery, government, gubernation, conduct, legislation, regulation, guidance, bossism, legislature, steerage, pilotage, reins, reins of government, helm, rudder, needle, compass, guiding star, load star, lode star, pole star, cynosure, supervision, superintendence, surveillance, oversight, eye of the master, control, charge, board of control, command, premiership, senatorship, director, chair, portfolio, statesmanship, statecraft, kingcraft, queencraft, ministry, ministration, administration, stewardship, proctorship, agency, director, directing, hegemonic, at the helm, at the head of, direction, bearing, course, vector, set, drift, tenor, tendency, incidence, bending, trending, dip, tack, aim, collimation, steering steerage, point of the compass, cardinal points, North East, South, West, N by E, ENE, NE by N, NE, rhumb, azimuth, line of collimation, line, path, road, range, quarter, line of march, alignment, allignment, air line, beeline, straight shoot, directed, directed towards, pointing towards, bound for, aligned, with alligned with, direct, straight, undeviating, unswerving, straightforward, North, Northern, Northerly, 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, before the wind, near the wind, close to the wind, against the wind, windwards, in the wind's eye, through, via, by way of, in all directions, in all manner of ways, quaquaversum, from the four winds, the shortest distance between two points is a stra.Arrival
N arrival, advent, landing, debarkation, disembarkation, reception, welcome, vin d'honneur, home, goal, goalpost, landing place, landing stage, bunder, resting place, destination, harbor, haven, port, airport, spaceport, terminus, halting place, halting ground, landing strip, runway, terminal, journey's end, anchorage, return, remigration, meeting, rencounter, encounter, completion, recursion, arriving, homeward bound, here, hither, Int, welcome!, hail!, all Hail!, good-day, good morrow!, any port in a storm.For further exploring for "hither" in Webster Dictionary Online
