'Ulterior' definitions:
Definition of 'ulterior'
From: WordNet
adjective
Lying beyond what is openly revealed or avowed (especially being kept in the background or deliberately concealed); "subterranean motives for murder"; "looked too closely for an ulterior purpose in all knowledge"- Bertrand Russell [syn: subterranean, subterraneous, ulterior]
adjective
Beyond or outside an area of immediate interest; remote; "a suggestion ulterior to the present discussion"; "without...any purpose, immediate or ulterior"- G.B.Shaw
adjective
Coming at a subsequent time or stage; "without ulterior argument"; "the mood posterior to" [syn: later(a), ulterior, posterior]
Definition of 'Ulterior'
From: GCIDE
- Ulterior \Ul*te"ri*or\, a. [L., comp. of ultra, ultro, beyond, on the other side, properly cases of an old adjective, formed with a comparative suffix, which is akin to OL. uls beyond, L. olim formerly, hereafter, orig., at that time, ille that, OL. olle, ollus. Cf. Outrage.]
- 1. Situated beyond, or on the farther side; thither; -- correlative with hither. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Further; remoter; more distant; succeeding; as, ulterior demands or propositions; ulterior views; what ulterior measures will be adopted is uncertain. [1913 Webster]
- Ulterior motive, Ulterior object or Ulterior aim, a motive, object or aim beyond that which is avowed. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Ulterior'
From: GCIDE
- Ulterior \Ul*te"ri*or\, n. Ulterior side or part. [R.] --Coleridge. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'ulterior'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- accessory,
- additional,
- alien,
- ambiguous,
- ancillary,
- another,
- arcane,
- auxiliary,
- barbarian,
- barbaric,
- barbarous,
- beyond,
- buried,
- cabalistic,
- censored,
- classified,
- close,
- closed,
- collateral,
- concealed,
- contributory,
- covert,
- cryptic,
- dark,
- enigmatic,
- equivocal,
- esoteric,
- exotic,
- exterior,
- external,
- extra,
- extraneous,
- extraterrestrial,
- extrinsic,
- farther,
- foreign,
- foreign-born,
- fresh,
- further,
- guarded,
- hermetic,
- hidden,
- hush-hush,
- intrusive,
- latent,
- more,
- more distant,
- mysterious,
- new,
- obscure,
- obscured,
- occult,
- other,
- outland,
- outlandish,
- outside,
- personal,
- plus,
- private,
- privy,
- remote,
- remoter,
- restricted,
- secret,
- shrouded,
- smothered,
- spare,
- stifled,
- strange,
- supernumerary,
- supplemental,
- supplementary,
- suppressed,
- surplus,
- surreptitious,
- thither,
- top secret,
- unbreatheable,
- under cover,
- under security,
- under wraps,
- underhanded,
- underlying,
- undisclosable,
- undisclosed,
- undivulgable,
- undivulged,
- unearthly,
- unexpressed,
- unrevealable,
- unrevealed,
- unspoken,
- untellable,
- untold,
- unutterable,
- unuttered,
- unwhisperable,
- yon,
- yonder