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. Abraham Maslow:

   Become aware of internal, subjective, sub-verbal experiences, so that these experiences can be brought into the world of abstraction, of conversation, of naming, etc. with the consequence that it immediately becomes possible for a certain amount of control to be exerted over these hitherto unconscious and uncontrollable processes.

2. 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.

3. D. H. Lawrence:

   I believe that a man is converted when first he hears the low, vast murmur of life, of human life, troubling his hitherto unconscious self.

4. 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.

5. Henrik Ibsen:

   Ah, I fancy it is just the same with most of what you call your emancipation. You have read yourself into a number of new ideas and opinions. You have got a sort of smattering of recent discoveries in various fields -- discoveries that seem to overthrow certain principles which have hitherto been held impregnable and unassailable. But all this has only been a matter of intellect, Miss West -- superficial acquisition. It has not passed into your blood.