Synonyms for hitherto
ˈhɪð ərˌtuhith·er·to

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1. hitherto

   Yet and still have many closely related senses, and, with verbs of past time, are often interchangeable; we may say "while he was yet a child," or "while he was still a child." Yet, like still, often applies to past action or state extending to and including the present time, especially when joined with as; we can say "he is feeble as yet," or "he is still feeble," with scarcely appreciable difference of meaning, except that the former statement implies somewhat more of expectation than the latter. Yet with a negative applies to completed action, often replacing a positive statement with still; "he is not gone yet" is nearly the same as "he is here still." Yet has a reference to the future which still does not share; "we may be successful yet" implies that success may begin at some future time; "we may be successful still" implies that we may continue to enjoy in the future such success as we are winning now.

   Synonyms:
   besides, further, now, still, thus far, yet

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:4.5 / 2 votes

1. so far, thus far, up to now, hitherto, heretofore, as yet, yet, til now, until nowadverb

   used in negative statement to describe a situation that has existed up to this point or up to the present time

   "So far he hasn't called"; "the sun isn't up yet"

   Synonyms:
   yet, insofar, withal, to that degree, so far, in so far, nonetheless, up to now, til now, still, to that extent, until now, thus far, notwithstanding, however, all the same, nevertheless, as yet, in time, even, to date, heretofore, even so

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1. hithertoadjective

   Synonyms:
   yet, till now, to this time, up to this time, until this time

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1. C. C. Colton:

   Men of strong minds and who think for themselves, should not be discouraged on finding occasionally that some of their best ideas have been anticipated by former writers; they will neither anathematize others nor despair themselves. They will rather go on discovering things before discovered, until they are rewarded with a land hitherto unknown, an empire indisputably their own, both right of conquest and of discovery.

2. Neil Passmore:

   Iran absolutely has world class mining assets, which have hitherto been shrouded from investors, but we're in the depths of one of the darkest, worst downturns in mining for some time.

3. Persian:

   If thou desirest ease in this life, keep thy secrets undisclosed, like the modest rosebud. Take warning from that lovely flower, which, by expanding its hitherto hidden beauties when in full bloom, gives its leaves and its happiness to the winds.

4. Friedrich Nietzsche:

   Altered opinions do not alter a man's character (or do so very little); but they do illuminate individual aspects of the constellation of his personality which with a different constellation of opinions had hitherto remained dark and unrecognizable.

5. Evelyn Waugh:

   If, for instance, they have heard something from the postman, they attribute it to a semi-official statement; if they have fallen into conversation with a stranger at a bar, they can conscientiously describe him as a source that has hitherto proved unimpeachable. It is only when the journalist is reporting a whim of his own, and one to which he attaches minor importance, that he defines it as the opinion of well-informed circles.