adj
Meaning 1
Situated beyond, or on the farther side.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: citerior
Standard Lemma guide
ulterior
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /ʌlˈtɪə.ɹɪə/
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General-American: /ʌlˈtɪɚ.i.ɚ/
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rhymes with -ɪəɹiə(ɹ)
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adj
Meaning 2
Beyond what is obvious or evident.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 3
Being intentionally concealed so as to deceive.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: ostensible
adj
Meaning 4
Happening later; subsequent.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, not-comparable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: prior
adjective satellite
Meaning 5
coming at a subsequent time or stage
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- without ulterior argument
- the mood posterior to
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: later(a), posterior
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 6
beyond or outside an area of immediate interest; remote- G.B.Shaw
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a suggestion ulterior to the present discussion
- without...any purpose, immediate or ulterior
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 7
lying beyond what is openly revealed or avowed (especially being kept in the background or deliberately concealed)- Bertrand Russell
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- subterranean motives for murder
- looked too closely for an ulterior purpose in all knowledge
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: subterranean, subterraneous
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From Latin ulterior (“further, more distant”), from ulter (“that is beyond”) + -ior (“more”).