adj · adv · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Received-Pronunciation:/ˈðɪðə/
Received-Pronunciation:/ˈθɪðə/
General-American:/ˈðɪðɚ/
General-American:/ˈθɪðɚ/
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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