Ulterior

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Lying beyond what is evident, revealed, or avowed, especially being concealed intentionally so as to deceive: an ulterior motive.
  • adj. Lying beyond or outside the area of immediate interest.
  • adj. Occurring later; subsequent.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. beyond what is obvious or evident
  • adj. being intentionally concealed so as to deceive
  • adj. happening later; subsequent
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Situated beyond, or on the farther side; thither; -- correlative with hither.
  • adj. Further; remoter; more distant; succeeding.
  • n. Ulterior side or part.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Being or situated beyond or on the further side of any line or boundary.
  • Not at present in view or in consideration; in the future or in the background; beyond what is seen or avowed; remote: as, what ulterior measures will be adopted is uncertain.
  • n. The further side; the remote part. Coleridge.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. lying beyond what is openly revealed or avowed (especially being kept in the background or deliberately concealed)
  • adj. beyond or outside an area of immediate interest; remote
  • adj. coming at a subsequent time or stage
  • Equivalent
    covert    distant    remote    subsequent   
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    thither    further    remoter    succeeding    distant    additional   
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    Superior    anterior    cheerier    exterior    inferior    interior    superior   
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