ulterior

Definition of Ulterior in English :

lying beyond what is openly revealed or avowed (especially being kept in the background or deliberately concealed)

Example Sentences:
'subterranean motives for murder'
'looked too closely for an ulterior purpose in all knowledge'

2. ulterior

beyond or outside an area of immediate interest; remote

Example Sentences:
'a suggestion ulterior to the present discussion'
'without...any purpose, immediate or ulterior'

3. later, posterior, ulterior

coming at a subsequent time or stage

Example Sentences:
'without ulterior argument'
'the mood posterior to'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Ulterior

adjective

1.

lying beneath or beyond what is revealed, evident, or supposed

ulterior motives

2.

succeeding, subsequent, or later

3.

lying beyond a certain line or point

adjective

1.

lying beyond or on the farther side

2.

later, subsequent, or future

3.

further; more remote; esp., beyond what is expressed, implied, or evident; undisclosed

an ulterior motive

adj.

1. Lying beyond what is evident, revealed, or avowed, especially being concealed intentionally so as to deceive: an ulterior motive.

2. Lying beyond or outside the area of immediate interest.

3. Occurring later; subsequent.