NYT Dictionary

THENCE

/ðɛns/
AdverbTHENSGrade 6

Accepted in official NYT Spelling Bee puzzle years: 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026

Meaning

From there, from that place or from that time.

Etymology

Origin: Middle English

From Middle English þennes, from þenne + -es (“adverbial ending”), the former from þanan, þanona, from Proto-West Germanic *þananā. Cognate with Westphalian Low German diëne.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

therefromthereofthereforehencethussoaccordinglyawayconsequentlyergo

Antonyms

thither

NYT Puzzle Appearances

Accepted in 5 recorded puzzles:

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