ulterior

ulterior is a 8-letter English word with 6 senses as adjective and noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Situated beyond, or on the farther side; thither; -- correlative with hither. Face value is 8 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

8 letters · Scrabble 8 · Words With Friends 10 · 6 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. Situated beyond, or on the farther side; thither; -- correlative with hither.
2. adjective. Further; remoter; more distant; succeeding; as, ulterior demands or propositions; ulterior views; what ulterior measures will be adopted is uncertain.
3. noun. Ulterior side or part.
4. adjective. coming at a subsequent time or stage

   "without ulterior argument"

   "the mood posterior to"

   Synonyms: later, posterior

5. adjective. beyond or outside an area of immediate interest; remote- G.B.Shaw

   "a suggestion ulterior to the present discussion"

   "without...any purpose, immediate or ulterior"

6. adjective. lying beyond what is openly revealed or avowed (especially being kept in the background or deliberately concealed)- Bertrand Russell

   "subterranean motives for murder"

   "looked too closely for an ulterior purpose in all knowledge"

   Synonyms: subterranean, subterraneous

Synonyms

later, posterior, subterranean, subterraneous

Common word forms

ulteriorly, ulteriority

Words from these letters

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