[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

ulterior \ulte"rior\, n.
   ulterior side or part. r. --coleridge.
   1913 webster

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

ulterior \ulte"rior\, a. l., comp. of ultra, ultro, beyond,
   on the other side, properly cases of an old adjective, formed
   with a comparative suffix, which is akin to ol. uls beyond,
   l. olim formerly, hereafter, orig., at that time, ille that,
   ol. olle, ollus. cf. outrage.
   1. situated beyond, or on the farther side; thither; --
      correlative with hither.
      1913 webster

   2. further; remoter; more distant; succeeding; as, ulterior
      demands or propositions; ulterior views; what ulterior
      measures will be adopted is uncertain.
      1913 webster

   ulterior motive, ulterior object or ulterior aim, a
      motive, object or aim beyond that which is avowed.
      1913 webster
see also:
outrage ulterior motive ulterior object ulterior aim 

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

ulterior
     adj 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"-
            bertrand russell syn: subterranean, subterraneous
     2: 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
     3: 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" syn: futurea, latera
see also:
subterranean subterraneous futurea latera 

[4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

99 moby thesaurus words for "ulterior":
   accessory, additional, alien, ambiguous, ancillary, another,
   arcane, auxiliary, barbarian, barbaric, barbarous, beyond, buried,
   cabalistic, censored, classified, close, closed, collateral,
   concealed, contributory, covert, cryptic, dark, enigmatic,
   equivocal, esoteric, exotic, exterior, external, extra, extraneous,
   extraterrestrial, extrinsic, farther, foreign, foreign-born, fresh,
   further, guarded, hermetic, hidden, hush-hush, intrusive, latent,
   more, more distant, mysterious, new, obscure, obscured, occult,
   other, outland, outlandish, outside, personal, plus, private,
   privy, remote, remoter, restricted, secret, shrouded, smothered,
   spare, stifled, strange, supernumerary, supplemental,
   supplementary, suppressed, surplus, surreptitious, thither,
   top secret, unbreatheable, under cover, under security,
   under wraps, underhanded, underlying, undisclosable, undisclosed,
   undivulgable, undivulged, unearthly, unexpressed, unrevealable,
   unrevealed, unspoken, untellable, untold, unutterable, unuttered,
   unwhisperable, yon, yonder

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