Ulterior has 4 different meanings across 1 category:
Adjective
Adjective
1
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"
2
beyond or outside an area of immediate interest; remote
"a suggestion ulterior to the present discussion"
"without...any purpose, immediate or ulterior"
3
coming at a subsequent time or stage
"without ulterior argument"
"the mood posterior to"
4
Situated beyond, or on the farther side.
Example Sentences
"subterranean motives for murder"
adjective
"looked too closely for an ulterior purpose in all knowledge"
adjective
"a suggestion ulterior to the present discussion"
adjective
"without...any purpose, immediate or ulterior"
adjective
"without ulterior argument"
adjective
"the mood posterior to"
adjective