Synonyms for ULTERIOR
ʌlˈtɪər i ərul·te·ri·or

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1. ulterior

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

   Antonyms:
   immediate, present, prior, hither

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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

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

   Antonyms:
   antecedent, overt, close, open

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

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

   Antonyms:
   overt, close, antecedent, open

3. later(a), ulterior, posterioradjective

   coming at a subsequent time or stage

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

   Antonyms:
   open, close, antecedent, overt

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1. ulterioradjective

   Synonyms:
   further, remoter, more distant

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1. 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.

2. Norbu Dondrup:

   The Dalai Lama attacking our human rights totally has ulterior motives. He tramples on human rights, and has no right, no qualifications, and is unworthy of talking about human rights, as for some countries slamming our human rights, they either don't understand or believe the Dalai clique's rumors and bewitchments.

3. Russian President Vladimir Putin:

   Our American partners use their own methods for their ulterior purposes.

4. The Rev. Jackson:

   Our agenda is that the God we serve will give strength to this woman and this man and this family and an agenda that God would give us justice in this courtroom, we did not come for an ulterior motive.

5. 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.