Standard Lemma guide

hither

adj · adv · verb · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈhɪðə/
  • General-American: /ˈhɪðɚ/
  • General-American: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -ɪðə(ɹ)
  • CMU ARPABET: HH IH1 DH ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

On this side; the nearer.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: archaic, not-comparable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: citerior

Antonyms: none provided

2

adv

Meaning 2

To this place, to here.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: archaic, literary, not-comparable

Examples

  • He went hither and thither.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adv

Meaning 3

over here

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

verb

Meaning 4

only used in the phrase hither and thither

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

adverb

Meaning 5

to this place (especially toward the speaker)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • come here, please

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: here

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

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

Across languages

Translations

71 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: отсам (otsam) — on this side
  • Catalan: citerior — on this side
  • Finnish: tämänpuoleinen — on this side
  • Icelandic: sem er nær — on this side
  • Icelandic: hingað — on this side
  • Italian: citeriore — on this side
  • Italian: al di qua — on this side
  • Old Norse: hingat — on this side
  • Spanish: citerior — on this side
  • Swedish: hit — on this side
  • Belarusian: сюды́ (sjudý) — to here
  • Bulgarian: насам (nasam) — to here
  • Catalan: aquí — to here
  • Catalan: ací — to here
  • Czech: sem — to here
  • Danish: herhen — to here
  • Danish: hid — to here
  • Dutch: hierheen — to here
  • Dutch: alhier — to here
  • Dutch: herwaarts — to here
  • Esperanto: ĉi tien — to here
  • Faroese: higar — to here
  • Finnish: tänne — to here
  • French: ici — to here
  • French: çà — to here
  • Galician: acá — to here
  • Galician: acó — to here
  • German: her — to here
  • German: hierher — to here
  • German: hierhin — to here
  • Gothic: 𐌷𐌹𐌳𐍂𐌴 (hidrē) — to here
  • Ancient Greek: δεῦρο (deûro) — to here
  • Hebrew: הֲלוֹם (halóm) — to here
  • Hebrew: הֵנָּה (héna) — to here
  • Hungarian: ide — to here
  • Icelandic: hingað — to here
  • Italian: qui — to here
  • Italian: qua — to here
  • Korean: 여기로 (yeogiro) — to here
  • Australian Kriol: dijei — to here
  • Ladin: ca — to here
  • Ladin: tlo ca — to here
  • Latin: hūc — to here
  • Macedonian: ваму (vamu) — to here
  • Māori: mai — to here
  • Navajo: wóshdę́ę́ʼ — to here
  • Norwegian Bokmål: hit — to here
  • Norwegian Bokmål: hitover — to here
  • Norwegian Bokmål: herover — to here
  • Old English: hider — to here
  • Old Norse: heðra — to here
  • Phoenician: 𐤄𐤍 (hn) — to here
  • Plautdietsch: häa — to here
  • Polish: tutaj — to here
  • Polish: dotąd — to here
  • Portuguese: acá — to here
  • Portuguese: para cá — to here
  • Romanian: încoace — to here
  • Romanian: aici — to here
  • Russian: сюда́ (sjudá) — to here
  • Scottish Gaelic: a-bhos — to here
  • Scottish Gaelic: a-nall — to here
  • Slovak: sem — to here
  • Spanish: aquí — to here
  • Spanish: acá — to here
  • Swedish: hit — to here
  • Tocharian B: ecce — to here
  • Turkish: buraya — to here
  • Ukrainian: сюди́ (sjudý) — to here
  • Yiddish: אַהער (aher) — to here
  • Yup'ik: ukani — to here