| Hither 1. (adv.) To this place; -- used with verbs signifying motion, and implying motion toward the speaker; correlate of hence and thither; as, to come or bring hither. 2. (adv.) To this point, source, conclusion, design, etc.; -- in a sense not physical. 3. (a.) Being on the side next or toward the person speaking; nearer; -- correlate of thither and farther; as, on the hither side of a hill. 4. (a.) Applied to time: On the hither side of, younger than; of fewer years than. Thesaurus Entries aboard, among us, here, hereabout, hereabouts, hereat, hereinto, hereto, hereunto, hitherward, hitherwards, in this place, in this vicinity, just here, on board, on the spot, somewhere about, to this place, with us |