whence

Speech parts

1. whence - Adverb

2. whence - Conjunction

Meaning

From what place; hence, from what or which source, origin, antecedent, premise, or the like; how; -- used interrogatively.

From what or which place, source, material, cause, etc.; the place, source, etc., from which; -- used relatively.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

consequently wherefore thence then thus beginning cause source fountain therefore origin spring root subsequently hence
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Antonyms

however nevertheless whither anyhow but still
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Phrases with the word

from whence comes whence it came

Examples

The disciples worshipped the most high Lord Who had come down from heaven, made the earth into heaven and gone up again whence He came, having united things below with things above and formed one Church, at the same time heavenly and earthly, to the glory of His love for mankind. Gregory Palamas

The gods had condemned Sisyphus to ceaselessly rolling a rock to the top of a mountain, whence the stone would fall back of its own weight. They had thought with some reason that there is no more dreadful punishment than futile and hopeless labor. Albert Camus

If the people are happy, united, wealthy, and powerful, we presume the rest. We conclude that to be good from whence good is derived. Edmund Burke

Thinking of where you are going, you forget from whence you came. Portuguese Proverb

Having is haying, come whence it may. German Proverb

Gain has a pleasant odor, come whence it will. Portuguese Proverb

Close letter words and terms

whenabouts whenas Whenby whence it came whenceafter whenceever