hither and thither

1. 1.

   from one place or situation to another

   “we were driven from pillar to post”

   Synonymsfrom pillar to post

Questions about hither and thither

What does hither and thither mean?

hither and thither means "from one place or situation to another".

What is another word for hither and thither?

Close synonyms include from pillar to post. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is hither and thither a common word?

hither and thither is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.