Definition of Ulterior

Adjective

  • coming at a subsequent time or stage
    "without ulterior argument"
    "the mood posterior to"
  • 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
  • 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
Based on WordNet 3.0, Farlex clipart collection. © 2003-2012 Princeton University, Farlex Inc.

Word games points for the Ulterior

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Unscramble ulterior

159 unscramble word found using the letters ulterior.
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