How do you pronounce hither?

The recorded pronunciation is /ˈhɪðɚ/.

hither

/ˈhɪðɚ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.79 in modern English

Syllables: hi-ther
IPA: /ˈhɪðɚ/

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Meaning

adv

To this place, to here.

Archaic; Literary

adv

over here

adj

On this side; the nearer.

Archaic

verb

only used in the phrase hither and thither

Example Sentences

"He went hither and thither."
"SATURNINUS: Go fetch them hither to us presently. TITUS: Why, there they are, both baked in that pie, Whereof their mother daintily hath fed, Eating the flesh that she herself hath bred."
"Unto her handmaid she cried, "Go fetch my gold harp hither to me, Sir Thynnè, I'll draw to my side.""
"But 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."
""How now, you scullions and cullions: bring hither a pair of cow's hooves to out face this contumelious caitiff.""
"The essential Not-self could be perceived very clearly in things and in living creatures on the hither side of good and evil."

Etymology

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

Origin

Source language: Old English

Word Breakdown

Root: hider, *hidrê

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈhɪðɚ/
British English: /ˈhɪðə/

Usage

Inflected Forms

hithers (present, singular) hithering (participle, present) hithered (participle, past) hithered (past)

Derived Forms

behither hithermost hitherside hitherto hithertofore hitherunto hitherward hitherwards

Phrases

come-hither come hither hither and thither hither and yon hither and yonder Hither Green this place that place

Frequently Paired Words

thither whither this place that place what place at here there

Synonyms

citerior here

Antonyms

hence

Rhymes With

wither slither whither dither zither smither ryther thither hither and thither mither lither tither