ulterior

Adjective
  1. Lying beyond what is openly revealed or avowed (especially being kept in the background or deliberately concealed) (synset 301712186)
    "subterranean motives for murder"; "looked too closely for an ulterior purpose in all knowledge"
    similar to: covert - secret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed
    same as: subterranean, subterraneous
  2. Beyond or outside an area of immediate interest;
    Remote (synset 300453324)
    "a suggestion ulterior to the present discussion"; "without...any purpose, immediate or ulterior"
    similar to: distant, remote - far apart in relevance or relationship or kinship
  3. Coming at a subsequent time or stage (synset 300124357)
    "without ulterior argument"; "the mood posterior to"
    similar to: subsequent - following in time or order
    same as: later, posterior

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