thither

The farther, the other and more distant.

Adjective

  1. The farther, the other and more distant.
    • the thither side of life, that is to say, afterlife

Origin

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.

Forms

thithermost

Synonyms

farther

Related

here there where to hither whither from hence thence whence

Adverb

  1. To that place.
    • 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:
    • […] 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...
    • [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....
  2. To that point, end, or result.
    • The argument tended thither.

Synonyms

there over there away there yonder

Antonyms

thence

Related

hither yon whither

Derived

hither and thither hither, thither and yon thitherside thitherto thitherward thitherwards