Antonyms for ulterior
ʌlˈtɪər i ərul·te·ri·or

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1. ulterior

   Antonyms:
   immediate, present, prior, hither

   Synonyms:
   further, remote, more distant, remoter, succeeding, beyond

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1. subterranean, subterraneous, ulterioradjective

   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:
   antecedent, overt, close, open

   Synonyms:
   later(a), subterraneous, posterior, subterranean

2. ulterioradjective

   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

   Antonyms:
   overt, close, antecedent, open

   Synonyms:
   later(a), subterraneous, posterior, subterranean

3. later(a), ulterior, posterioradjective

   coming at a subsequent time or stage

   "without ulterior argument"; "the mood posterior to"

   Antonyms:
   open, close, antecedent, overt

How to use ulterior in a sentence?

1. Xie Feng:

   Do not be intimidated or misled, exploited by those with ulterior motives and in particular, do not be a rumour monger yourself, or join the anti-China forces in stigmatizing or demonizing the legislation.

2. Paul Pelletier:

   The potential for a postal employee to not do his job and throw away ballots for whatever reason -- a non-partisan reason -- there's never been a prohibition against arresting them to send a message to all postal employees that you can't impact the election, why now ? Given what happened in Pittsburgh my suspicion is that there's a political ulterior motive.

3. Jason Chaffetz:

   After more than 1,500 nights away from my home, it is time. I may run again for public office, but not in 2018, for those that would speculate otherwise, let me be clear that I have no ulterior motives. I am healthy. I am confident I would continue to be re-elected by large margins. I have the full support of Speaker (Paul) Ryan to continue as Chairman of the Oversight and Government Reform Committee. That said, I have made a personal decision to return to the private sector.

4. Police Sanjeev Marik:

   This heinous act is done because of the (incorrect) beliefs of people and many of these beliefs often have ulterior motives behind them.

5. Sanowar Khan:

   There was no ulterior motive behind his act.

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