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[ uhl-teer-ee-er ] / ʌlˈtɪər i ər / SEE SYNONYMS FOR ulterior ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectivebeing beyond what is seen or avowed; intentionally kept concealed: ulterior motives. coming at a subsequent time or stage; future; further: ulterior action. lying beyond or outside of some specified or understood boundary; more remote: a suggestion ulterior to the purposes of the present discussion. Origin of ulterior1640–50; <Latin: farther, akin to ultrā on the far side; cf. ultra- SYNONYMS FOR ulterior1 hidden, covert, undisclosed, undivulged. SEE SYNONYMS FOR ulterior ON THESAURUS.COM OTHER WORDS FROM ulteriorul·te·ri·or·ly, adverbWords nearby ulteriorUlster Defence Association, Ulster Democratic Unionist Party, Ulsterman, Ulster Unionist Council, ult., ulterior, ultima, ultimacy, ultima ratio regum, ultimate, ultimate constituent Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for ulteriorI think a misconception everybody has is that I had an ulterior motive. Exclusive: Michael Phelps’s Intersex Self-Proclaimed Girlfriend, Taylor Lianne Chandler, Tells All|Aurora Snow|November 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST I think I have a complicated presence, where when you watch me you wonder “what are the ulterior motives?” The King of Dramedy: Bob Odenkirk on ‘Nebraska,’ ‘Breaking Bad,’ and ‘Better Call Saul’|Andrew Romano|November 17, 2013|DAILY BEAST But some of the women on the show might have ulterior motives for taking part in The Bachelor. ‘The Bachelor’: Ex-Contestant Leslie Hughes Spills Nine Secrets About the Show|Anna Klassen|March 10, 2013|DAILY BEAST Plus, his critics have ulterior motives—and his competitors have all lied before. Stop Picking on Yahoo CEO Scott Thompson!|Dan Lyons|May 5, 2012|DAILY BEAST
He relied solely on politics, as though law was nothing more than a constellation of political calculations with ulterior motives. How Obama Excused Torture|Bruce Fein|April 17, 2009|DAILY BEAST Plans for his ulterior activities were soon definitely fixed. Life of Elie Metchnikoff, 1845-1916|Olga Metchnikoff By the term disinterested I mean detached from ulterior objects. The Unity of Civilization|Various Violet does not imagine there is any ulterior motive in all this, but Gertrude is really desirous of helping to keep the peace. Floyd Grandon's Honor|Amanda Minnie Douglas I think, with you, that he has no ulterior views upon the title and the estates. Rattlin the Reefer|Edward Howard And what I thus wrote was for no ulterior use, it was written consciously for practice. Memories and Portraits|Robert Louis Stevenson
British Dictionary definitions for ulterior
adjectivelying beneath or beyond what is revealed, evident, or supposedulterior motives succeeding, subsequent, or later lying beyond a certain line or point Derived forms of ulteriorulteriorly, adverbWord Origin for ulteriorC17: from Latin: further, from ulter beyond Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to ulteriorambiguous, concealed, covert, cryptic, dark, enigmatic, equivocal, guarded, hidden, implied, obscure, personal, privy, remote, secondary, selfish, under wraps, undisclosed, unexpressed, unsaid |