Standard Lemma guide

thither

adj · adv · 4 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: /ˈðɪðə/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈθɪðə/
  • General-American: /ˈðɪðɚ/
  • General-American: /ˈθɪðɚ/
  • General-American: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -ɪðə(ɹ)
  • CMU ARPABET: DH IH1 TH ER2 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

The farther, the other and more distant.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: archaic, no-comparative

Examples

  • the thither side of life, that is to say, afterlife

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adv

Meaning 2

To that place.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: archaic, literary, not-comparable

Topics: law

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adv

Meaning 3

To that point, end, or result.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: archaic, not-comparable

Examples

  • The argument tended thither.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

adverb

Meaning 4

to or toward that place; away from the speaker

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • go there around noon!

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: there

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From Middle English thider, from Old English þider, an alteration (probably by analogy with hider (“hither”)) of earlier þæder (“to there”), from Proto-Germanic *þadrê.

Across languages

Translations

77 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: daarnatoe — to that place
  • Albanian: andej — to that place
  • Albanian: Aseid (gheg) — to that place
  • Arabic: إِلَى هُنَاك (ʔilā hunāk) — to that place
  • Belarusian: туды́ (tudý) — to that place
  • Bulgarian: натам (natam) — to that place
  • Bulgarian: нататък (natatǎk) — to that place
  • Chinese Mandarin: 到那裡 /到那里 (dào nàlǐ) — to that place
  • Czech: tam — to that place
  • Danish: did — to that place
  • Danish: derhen — to that place
  • Dutch: daarheen — to that place
  • Dutch: aldaar — to that place
  • Dutch: derwaarts — to that place
  • Esperanto: tien — to that place
  • Faroese: hagar — to that place
  • Finnish: sinne — to that place
  • French: là — to that place
  • French: d'ici là — to that place
  • German: dorthin — to that place
  • German: dahin — to that place
  • Gothic: 𐌾𐌰𐌹𐌽𐌳 (jaind) — to that place
  • Greek: προς τα εκεί (pros ta ekeí) — to that place
  • Greek: εκείσε (ekeíse) — to that place
  • Ancient Greek: ἐκεῖσε (ekeîse) — to that place
  • Ancient Greek: ἔνθα (éntha) — to that place
  • Ancient Greek: ἐκεῖ (ekeî) — to that place
  • Hebrew: שמה (sháma) — to that place
  • Hebrew: לשם (l'shám) — to that place
  • Hindi: उधर (udhar) — to that place
  • Hungarian: oda — to that place
  • Icelandic: þangað — to that place
  • Ido: adibe — to that place
  • Indonesian: ke situ — to that place
  • Indonesian: ke sana — to that place
  • Irish: sall — to that place
  • Irish: anonn — to that place
  • Japanese: そこへ (soko e) — to that place
  • Japanese: あそこへ (asoko e) — to that place
  • Korean: 저쪽으로 (jeojjog-euro) — to that place
  • Latin: illūc — to that place
  • Latin: eodem — to that place
  • Latvian: tur — to that place
  • Latvian: turp — to that place
  • Macedonian: таму (tamu) — to that place
  • Macedonian: натаму (natamu) — to that place
  • Māori: ki reira — to that place
  • Māori: atu — to that place
  • Navajo: ákǫ́ǫ́ — to that place
  • Norwegian Bokmål: dit — to that place
  • Norwegian Bokmål: dit hen — to that place
  • Norwegian Bokmål: ditover — to that place
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: dit — to that place
  • Old English: þæder — to that place
  • Pashto: هلته (halta) — to that place
  • Pashto: هورې (hure) — to that place
  • Polish: tam — to that place
  • Polish: dotamtąd — to that place
  • Portuguese: para lá — to that place
  • Quechua: jaqayman — to that place
  • Romanian: încolo — to that place
  • Russian: туда́ (tudá) — to that place
  • Serbo-Croatian: tamo — to that place
  • Serbo-Croatian: onamo — to that place
  • Sicilian: ḍḍocu — to that place
  • Slovak: tam — to that place
  • Spanish: por allí — to that place
  • Spanish: hacia allá — to that place
  • Swedish: dit — to that place
  • Tamil: அங்கு (aṅku) — to that place
  • Turkish: şuraya — to that place
  • Turkish: oraya — to that place
  • Ukrainian: туди́ (tudý) — to that place
  • Urdu: ادهر (udhar) — to that place
  • Vietnamese: đằng kia — to that place
  • Yiddish: אַהין (ahin) — to that place
  • Yup'ik: yaatmun — to that place