Ulterior

• POS: Adjective
• HYPHEN: ul=te=ri=or

CIDE DICTIONARY

Ulterior, 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.].

•  Situated beyond, or on the farther side; thither; -- correlative with hither.  [1913 Webster]
•  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.

Ulterior, n. 

 Ulterior side or part.  Coleridge.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

Ulterior, adj.
1 existing in the background, or beyond what is evident or admitted; hidden, secret (esp. ulterior motive).
2 situated beyond.
3 more remote; not immediate; in the future.

Derivative

ulteriorly adv.

Etymology

L, = further, more distant

THESAURUS

Ulterior

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

ROGET THESAURUS

Ulterior

Extraneousness

N extraneousness, extrinsicality, exteriority, alienage, alienism, foreign body, foreign substance, foreign element, alien, stranger, intruder, interloper, foreigner, novus homo, newcomer, immigrant, emigrant, creole, Africander, outsider, Dago, wop, mick, polak, greaser, slant, Easterner, Dutchman, tenderfoot, extraneous, foreign, alien, ulterior, tramontane, ultramontane, excluded, inadmissible, exceptional, in foreign parts, in foreign lands, abroad, beyond seas, over sea on one's travels.

Futurity

N futurity, futurition, future, hereafter, time to come, approaching time, coming time, subsequent time, after time, approaching age, coming age, subsequent age, after age, approaching days, coming days, subsequent days, after days, approaching hours, coming hours, subsequent hours, after hours, approaching ages, coming ages, subsequent ages, after ages, approaching life, coming life, subsequent life, after life, approaching years, coming years, subsequent years, after years, morrow, millennium, doomsday, day of judgment, crack of doom, remote future, approach of time advent, time drawing on, womb of time, destiny, eventuality, heritage, heirs posterity, prospect, foresight, future, to come, coming, next, near, close at hand, eventual, ulterior, in prospect, prospectively, hereafter, in future, kal, tomorrow, the day after tomorrow, in course of time, in process of time, in the fullness of time, eventually, ultimately, sooner or later, proximo, paulo post futurum, in after time, one of these days, after a time, after a while, from this time, henceforth, henceforwards, thence, thenceforth, thenceforward, whereupon, upon which, soon, on the eve of, on the point of, on the brink of, about to, close upon, quid sit futurum cras fuge quaerere.

Distance

N distance, space, remoteness, farness, far- cry to, longinquity, elongation, offing, background, remote region, removedness, parallax, reach, span, stride, outpost, outskirt, horizon, aphelion, foreign parts, ultima Thule, ne plus ultra, antipodes, long range, giant's stride, dispersion, length, cosmic distance, light-years, distant, far off, far away, remote, telescopic, distal, wide of, stretching to, yon, yonder, ulterior, transmarine, transpontine, transatlantic, transalpine, tramontane, ultramontane, ultramundane, hyperborean, antipodean, inaccessible, out of the way, unapproached, unapproachable, incontiguous, far off, far away, afar, afar off, off, away, a long way off, a great way off, a good way off, wide away, aloof, wide of, clear of, out of the way, out of reach, abroad, yonder, farther, further, beyond, outre mer, over the border, far and wide, over the hills and far away, from pole to pole, to the uttermost parts, to the ends of the earth, out of hearing, nobody knows where, a perte de vue, out of the sphere of, wide of the mark, a far cry to, apart, asunder, wide apart, wide asunder, longo intervallo, at arm's length, distance lends enchantment, it's a long long way to Tipperary, out of sight, out of mind.