Adjective ulterior has 3 senses
- subterranean, subterraneous, ulterior - 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
Antonyms: overt, open (indirect, via covert)
- ulterior - 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
Antonym: close (indirect, via distant)
- future, later, 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"
Antonyms: antecedent, preceding (indirect, via subsequent)
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