hither

Examples

• All

• We came hither to fight with you.

  Antony and Cleopatra (1972)

• The woman saith unto him, Sir, give me this water and I shall thirst not, neither come hither to draw.

  There Will Be Blood (2007)

• My dear creature, yes, I am he, and I am hither come to help you.

  Nosferatu (2024)

• I must go, uncertain of my fate; but I shall return hither or follow your party as soon as possible.

  Blog text (9)

• I came hither to curse, but I remain to bless.

  Academic text (2007)

• Bring me flesh and bring me wine, bring me pine logs hither.

  Fiction book (1996)

• Shrek, please come hither.

  Shrek the Third (2007)

• I see messy mounds of boxes, bottled water everywhere, and tins of food scattered hither and yon like a jigsaw puzzle just begun.

  Academic text (1998)

• Patches of mist floated hither and yon like untethered wraiths, and I wandered alone like them, lost in embittered reflection.

  Fiction book (1995)

• We came hither to seek shelter from the storm.

Synonyms

H

here

vshither

∞ 1.0

At the place where the speaker or writer is

is archaic and literary rather than the common modern form

H

hereunto

vshither

• Archaic

9.9

To the place or person here

is archaic and literary rather than formal in current use

Antonyms

T

thither

• Archaic

7 9.9

Toward that place away from the person who speaks

Idioms

H

hither and thither

• Archaic

1 9.3

In many different directions and places

Surface Forms

Etymology