Synonyms for whither
- adverb
Definitions
- adv. 1
Interrogative senses. To what place; where.
Whither wilt thou wander, wayfarer?
Related words
- Word family
- whithersoever whitherward
- Phrases
- whither away
- Other spellings
- wuther
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Whither properly implies motion to place, and where rest in a place. Whither is now, however, to a great extent, obsolete, except in poetry, or in compositions of a grave and serious character and in language where precision is required.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| whither | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 5 letters
- where1
- 7 letters
- whereto
- 11 letters
- whitherward
- 13 letters
- whithersoever