here and there

adverb

1

: in one place and another

I've traveled here and there.

2

: from time to time

I help them out here and there.

Synonyms of here and there

• everywhere
• about
• right and left

Examples of here and there in a Sentence

an overgrown lawn with yellow patches of dandelions scattered here and there

she spoke so softly that I only caught a word here and there

Recent Examples on the Web

The outlines of her life were clear but the insides dark, lit up by vivid memories here and there. — Kieran Setiya, New Yorker, 10 Nov. 2026

The film has few traditional dance numbers, but in sequences where wider details from the poem are squeezed into the running time, the English version snips them here and there, removing only minor subplots at first. — Siddhant Adlakha, IndieWire, 5 Nov. 2026

Difficult at times, balancing family and career and locations and dragging my kids here and there. — Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 30 Oct. 2026

In the end though, there was a lot of shuffling, a little difference here and there, but nothing enormously significant. — Nick Miller, New York Times, 27 Oct. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for here and there

• concessionaire
• abwehr
• affair
• affaire
• airfare
• altair
• armchair
• aware
• beware
• bugbear
• carfare
• childcare

Kids Definition

here and there

adverb

: in one place and another