Close and Hither

Close adverb - At, within, or to a short distance or time.

Hither and close are semantically related In some cases you can replace term "Hither" with "Close", this adverbs are similar.

Nearby Words: closed, closeness, closing, closely, closure

Hither adverb - To this place (especially toward the speaker).

Close and hither are semantically related in here topic. You can use "Close" instead an adverb "Hither", if it concerns topics such as to this place.