whither

Meanings

Plural: whithers

Adv

Interrogative senses.
To what place; where.
Interrogative senses.
To what (future) cause, condition or state, reason, etc.; where, where next; also (obsolete) to what extent; how far.
Relative senses.
To which place; also (after a noun denoting a place) to which.
Relative senses.
To the place in or to which.
Relative senses.
In or to any place to which; to whatever place; wherever.

Noun

A place to which someone or something goes; also, a condition to which someone or something moves.
A state of rushed action; a haste, a hurry; also, a state of anger or excitement.
A forceful blow or hit.
An act of shaking (vigorously); a shiver, a tremble; also, a slight bout of discomfort or illness.
The sound of something moving quickly; a rush, a whiz.
A gust of wind; a bluster.

Verb

To cause (someone) to hurry; to hasten, to hurry.
To throw (something) forcefully; to hurl; also, to beat, to thrash.
To shake (vigorously); to tremble.
To move quickly, to rush, to whiz; also, to make a rushing sound; to whizz.
Of the wind: to blow loudly and vigorously; to bluster; also, of an animal, etc.: to make a loud noise; to bellow, to roar.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English whider (“to what place?; into or to which; to what place, where; no matter where, to wherever”), from Old English hwider, hwæder (“to what place, where”), from Proto-Germanic *hwadrê (“to what place, where”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kʷos (“what; which”), from *kʷ- (the primary interrogative root).

Synonyms

whithersoever

Antonyms

whence

Scrabble Score: 16

whither is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
whither is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
whither is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 14

whither is a valid Words With Friends word