What is another word for ulterior?

Pronunciation: [ʌltˈi͡əɹɪə] (IPA)

Ulterior is an adjective that describes something hidden, concealed, or undisclosed. Synonyms for the word ulterior could include words like secret, clandestine, or covert. Other options could include words like underlying, hidden, or veiled. A few more synonyms for ulterior could include words like subtle, implied, or unsaid. Depending on the context or situation, some other synonyms for ulterior could include words like unexpressed, latent, or unstated. All of these synonyms help to convey the idea that there is something hidden, or a motive that is not obvious or clear.

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Usage examples for Ulterior

It never afterward reappears in any of these successive ulterior products.
"Makers of Modern Medicine"
James J. Walsh
"She is not so simple as you think," scoffed the elder, true to her character of scenting out ulterior motives, "only very designing.
"The Song of Songs"
Hermann Sudermann
Bob never suspected ulterior motives and the sight of a broom or club had lost all terrors for him.
"A Son of the Hills"
Harriet T. Comstock

Famous quotes with Ulterior

  • My actions to promote peace, the mediation missions which I carried out during many conflicts, which very often occurred between brothers of the same country, are not driven by any ulterior motives or any calculations based on personal ambitions.
    Omar Bongo
  • I really have no ulterior motive in taking on certain roles. I have no larger issue that I really want to show people. I'm an actor, that's all. I just do what I do.
    Sally Field
  • I am only interested in painting the actual person, in doing a painting of them, not in using them to some ulterior end of art. For me, to use someone doing something not native to them would be wrong.
    Lucian Freud
  • God doesn't only see where you are presently. Moreover, he sees where you can be in the future. Yes! God sees beyond your sight or naked eyes. So, if he wants you to bend anytime or anywhere obediently bend for him. Besides, if you propose anything and he disposes it. Never try to figure it out. For, there is always a reasonable reason behind everything that he does. I mean, he (GOD) do have ulterior motive for all human and matters of life including your own current condition, challenges, adversities and what have you?
    Emeasoba George
  • God doesn't only see where you are presently. Moreover, he sees where you can be in the future. Yes! God sees beyond your sight or naked eyes. So, if he wants you to bend anytime or anywhere obediently bend for him. Besides, if you propose anything and he disposes it. Never try to figure it out. For, there is always a reasonable reason behind everything that he does. I mean, he (God) do have ulterior motives for all humans and matters of life including your own current condition, challenges, adversities and what have you?
    Emeasoba George

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