adv

whither

WIH-thuh

adv

To what place; where (used to ask about direction or destination).

"Whither shall we go from here?"

Used rhetorically to question the future or fate of something.

"Whither the print newspaper in an age of instant news?"

How to Use Whither

Learner’s notes

In plain EnglishAn old-fashioned or literary way of asking "to where?" or "what will become of?"

When to use it

Archaic and literary today — mostly seen in headlines like "Whither the middle class?" rather than in ordinary conversation.

whithered past tense, whithers plural, whithers plural, whithers singular

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_____ shall we go from here?

From Old English hwider, an old question-word meaning "to what place" — a relative of who and where that has mostly fallen out of everyday speech.

hither either wither thither neither slither