ulterior
adjective/ʌlˈtɪəriə(r)/
/ʌlˈtɪriər/
[only before noun]- (of a reason for doing something) that somebody keeps hidden and does not admit
- She must have some ulterior motive for being nice to me—what does she really want?
Oxford Collocations DictionaryUlterior is used with these nouns:- motive
More Like This Adjectives that only come before a nounAdjectives that only come before a nounWord Originmid 17th cent.: from Latin, literally ‘further, more distant’.Definitions on the go
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