Meanings
- archaicliterarynot comparablelawTo that place.
[…] Eleutherius, who thinking himself concern'd, because he brought me thither […]
1661, Robert Boyle, “Physiological Considerations Touching the Experiments Wont to be Employed to Evince either the IV Peripatetick Elements, or the III Chymical Principls of Mixt Bodies. Part of the First Dialogue.”, in The Sceptical Chymist: or Chymico-physical Doubts & Paradoxes, […], London: […] J. Cadwell for J. Crooke, […], →OCLC, page 94 more examples
Behold now, this city is near to flee unto, and it is a little one: Oh, let me escape thither […]
1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Genesis 19:20[A]ll thoſe goods, and a great deal of money in ſpecie, is return'd hither for and in ballance of our ovvn manufactures and merchandizes exported thither; […]
1725 (indicated as 1726), [Daniel Defoe], “Letter XXIII. Of the Inland Trade of England, Its Magnitude, and the Great Advantage It is to the Nation in General.”, in The Complete English Tradesman, in Familiar Letters; Directing Him in All the Several Parts and Progressions of Trade. […], volume I, London: […] Charles Rivington […], →OCLC, page 390But the road left the river again; there were certainly twistings and turnings, as the old woman had said, for at one moment it wound hither and the next thither, and at some places it was almost imperceptible.
1881, P. Chr. Asbjörnsen [i.e., Peter Christen Asbjørnsen], translated by H. L. Brækstad, Round the Yule Log. Norwegian Folk and Fairy Tales, London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, →OCLC, page 280And there rises a shining palace whose crystal glittering roof is seen by mariners who traverse the extensive sea in barks built expressly for that purpose, and thither come all herds and fatlings and firstfruits of that land for O'Connell Fitzsimon takes toll of them, a chieftain descended from chieftains.
1922 February 2, James Joyce, Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company […], →OCLC - archaicnot comparableTo that point, end, or result.
The argument tended thither.
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveThe farther, the other and more distant.
More synonyms by meaning
adverbto or toward that place; away from the speaker
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Germanic*þadrê
- Old Englishþider
- Middle Englishthider
- Englishthither
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.
More words from Middle English, Old English, Proto-Germanic
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans daarnatoe
- daarnatoeto that place
Ancient Greek ἐκεῖσε, ἔνθα
- ἐκεῖσε (ekeîse)to that place
- ἔνθα (éntha)to that place
- ἐκεῖ (ekeî)to that place
Arabic إِلَى هُنَاك
- إِلَى هُنَاك (ʔilā hunāk)to that place
Bulgarian натам, нататък
- натам (natam)to that place
- нататък (natatăk)to that place
Chinese Mandarin 到那裡 /到那里
- 到那裡 /到那里 (dào nàlǐ)to that place
Czech tam
- tamto that place
Danish did, derhen
- didto that place
- derhento that place
Dutch daarheen, aldaar
- daarheento that place
- aldaarto that place
- derwaartsto that place
Esperanto tien
- tiento that place
Finnish sinne
- sinneto that place
French là, d'ici là
- làto that place
- d'ici làto that place
German dorthin, dahin
- dorthinto that place
- dahinto that place
Greek προς τα εκεί, εκείσε
- προς τα εκεί (pros ta ekeí)to that place
- εκείσε (ekeíse)to that place
Hebrew שמה, לשם
- שמה (sháma)to that place
- לשם (l'shám)to that place
Hindi उधर
- उधर (udhar)to that place
Hungarian oda
- odato that place
Icelandic þangað
- þangaðto that place
Indonesian ke situ, ke sana
- ke situto that place
- ke sanato that place
Irish sall, anonn
- sallto that place
- anonnto that place
Japanese そこへ, あそこへ
- そこへ (soko e)to that place
- あそこへ (asoko e)to that place
Korean 저쪽으로
- 저쪽으로 (jeojjog-euro)to that place
Latin illūc, eodem
- illūcto that place
- eodemto that place
Latvian tur, turp
- turto that place
- turpto that place
Māori ki reira, atu
- ki reirato that place
- atuto that place
Norwegian Bokmål dit, dit hen
- ditto that place
- dit hento that place
- ditoverto that place
Polish tam, dotamtąd
- tamto that place
- dotamtądto that place
Portuguese para lá
- para láto that place
Romanian încolo
- încoloto that place
Russian туда́
- туда́ (tudá)to that place
Slovak tam
- tamto that place
Spanish para ahí/allí/allá/acullá/allende
- para ahí/allí/allá/acullá/allendeto that place
Swedish dit
- ditto that place
Tamil அங்கு
- அங்கு (aṅku)to that place
Turkish şuraya, oraya
- şurayato that place
- orayato that place
Ukrainian туди́
- туди́ (tudý)to that place
Urdu اُدَھر
- اُدَھر (udhar)to that place
Vietnamese đằng kia
- đằng kiato that place
Yiddish אַהין
- אַהין (ahin)to that place
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with thither
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thither. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/thither
“thither.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/thither. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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