adj satadj.alllying beyond what is openly revealed or avowed (especially being kept in the background or deliberately concealed)Synset:subterranean subterraneous
Examples:- subterranean motives for murder
- looked too closely for an ulterior purpose in all knowledge - Bertrand Russell
Antonyms:overt
Inherited Hypernyms:subterranean
Similar to:covert
adj satadj.allbeyond or outside an area of immediate interest; remoteExamples:- a suggestion ulterior to the present discussion
- without...any purpose, immediate or ulterior - G.B.Shaw
Antonyms:close
Inherited Hypernyms:ulterior
Similar to:distant remote
adj satadj.allcoming at a subsequent time or stageSynset:later posterior
Examples:- without ulterior argument
- the mood posterior to
Antonyms:antecedent
Inherited Hypernyms:later
Similar to:subsequent