What is another word for ulterior?
113 synonyms foundPronunciation:
[ s_ˈɪ_k_s_t_iː_n], [ sˈɪkstiːn], [ sˈɪkstiːn], [ ʌltˈi͡əɹɪə], [ ʌltˈiəɹɪə], [ ʌ_l_t_ˈiə_ɹ_ɪ__ə]Table of Contents
Similar words for ulterior:- all (adjective)
- concealed (adjective)
- covert (adjective)
- eventual (adjective)
- future (adjective)
- hidden (adjective)
- privy (adjective)
- secret (adjective)
- secret; pertaining to a hidden goal (adjective)
- distant (noun)
- future (noun)
- subsequent (noun)
- other synonyms
Definition for Ulterior:
- coming at a subsequent time or stage; " the future president entered college at the age of 16"; " awaiting future actions on the bill"; " later developments"; " without ulterior argument"
Synonyms for Ulterior:
adj.
•all (adjective) •concealed (adjective)- Perdu,
- masked,
- covered up,
- under wraps,
- Secreted,
- enshrouded,
- Incog,
- put in the hole,
- tucked away,
- Shrouded.
- more under-the-table,
- more dissembled,
- more under the table,
- most dissembled,
- most under the table,
- un-suspected,
- dis-guised,
- un suspected,
- under-cover,
- under hand,
- most under-the-table,
- dis guised,
- under cover,
- under-hand.
- down pike,
- ensuing,
- de pendent,
- end-most,
- most ending,
- hind most,
- de-pendent,
- in direct,
- overall,
- in cards,
- more resulting,
- in-evitable,
- in evitable,
- end most,
- most resulting,
- hind-most,
- more ending,
- down road,
- in-direct,
- terminal.
- fated,
- close at hand,
- from here in,
- from here to eternity,
- in the course of time,
- down the line,
- from now on in,
- from here on,
- in the offing,
- just around the corner,
- looked toward,
- to be.
- most imperceivable,
- in discernible,
- under-ground,
- withheld,
- more hermetical,
- un-exposed,
- Imperceivable,
- more sequestered,
- in dark,
- un-disclosed,
- un-detected,
- in-discernible,
- most eclipsed,
- un-known,
- more eclipsed,
- most hermetical,
- un-revealed,
- un exposed,
- more imperceivable,
- with held,
- un known,
- out view,
- hermetic,
- with-held,
- un disclosed,
- un revealed,
- most unrevealed,
- more unrevealed,
- un detected,
- most sequestered.
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- show.
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- precede.
Other synonyms:
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- after.
Paraphrases for Ulterior:
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Equivalence
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Independent
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Adjective
subsequent, secret, unspeakable, invisible, clandestine, later, subtle, disguised, candid.
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Adjective
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Other Related
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Adjective
sinister, further, underlying.
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Adjective
Antonyms for Ulterior:
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adj.
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Other antonyms:
open, close, antecedent.
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n.
ostensible, prior, citerior.
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Ulterior Sentence Examples:
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Most of those words which are regarded as primitives in English, may be traced to ulterior sources, and many of them are found to be compounds or derivatives in the other languages from which they have come to us.
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His insistence that the United States had no ulterior motives in entering the war and his constant emphasis on ideals and the moral issues of the conflict placed the struggle on a lofty plane, besides giving him and his country at that time a position of leadership in the world such as no man or nation had ever hitherto enjoyed.
