ulterior
adjective
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
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Senses
Sense 1 adjective
lying beyond what is openly revealed or avowed (especially being kept in the background or deliberately concealed)
subterranean motives for murder
Related & opposite
- covert similar to
Sense 2 adjective
beyond or outside an area of immediate interest; remote
a suggestion ulterior to the present discussion
Related & opposite
- distant similar to
Sense 3 adjective
coming at a subsequent time or stage
without ulterior argument
Related & opposite
- subsequent similar to
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | covert |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | distant |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | subsequent |