ulterior

== English == === Etymology === From Latin ulterior (“further, more distant”), from ulter (“that is beyond”) + -ior (“more”). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ʌlˈtɪə.ɹɪə/ (General American) IPA(key): /ʌlˈtɪɚ.i.ɚ/ Rhymes: -ɪəɹiə(ɹ) Hyphenation: ul‧te‧ri‧or === Adjective === ulterior (not comparable) Situated beyond, or on the farther side. Antonym: citerior Beyond what is obvious or evident. Being intentionally concealed so as to deceive. Antonym: ostensible (archaic) Happening later; subsequent. Antonym: prior ==== Usage notes ==== Ulterior is primarily used today to refer to impure, covert, and external motives. In the sense “beyond, farther”, the antonym is citerior (“nearer”), but this tends to be used only in literary writing. Instead, proximate and ultimate are more commonly used for “nearest” and “farthest” (cause, etc.) respectively. ==== Alternative forms ==== ulteriour (obsolete) ==== Derived terms ==== ulterior motive ulterior to ==== Related terms ==== ultimate ultra ultra- === Further reading === “ulterior”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “ulterior”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. “ulterior”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. == Catalan == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Central) [ul.tə.ɾiˈor] IPA(key): (Balearic) [ul.tə.ɾiˈo] IPA(key): (Valencia) [ul.te.ɾiˈoɾ] === Adjective === ulterior m or f (masculine and feminine plural ulteriors) ulterior, located beyond a certain place subsequent in time, happening later === Further reading === “ulterior”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007 “ulterior” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua. “ulterior”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026 “ulterior”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007 == Galician == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ulteˈɾjoɾ/ [ul̪.t̪eˈɾjoɾ] Rhymes: -oɾ Hyphenation: ul‧te‧rior === Adjective === ulterior m or f (plural ulteriores) This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}. === Further reading === “ulterior”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026 == Interlingua == === Adjective === ulterior (not comparable) farther further later ==== Derived terms ==== ulteriormente == Latin == === Etymology === ulter +‎ -ior === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ʊɫˈtɛ.ri.ɔr] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ulˈtɛː.ri.or] === Adjective === ulterior (comparative, neuter ulterius); third declension comparative degree of ulter further, more remote quis est ulterior? ― Which is further? on the farther side, that is beyond, the farthest extremity of a place Gallia ulterior ― transalpine Gaul (figurative) more extreme, worse quo quid ulterius privato timendum foret? ― Which would be a worse thing to be feared, having been deprived of it? ==== Declension ==== Third-declension comparative adjective. ==== Synonyms ==== polteō (ablative) ==== Antonyms ==== propior ==== Descendants ==== English: ulterior French: ultérieur Italian: ulteriore Portuguese: ulterior Romanian: ulterior Spanish: ulterior === References === “ulterior”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “ulterior”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “ulterior”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. == Occitan == === Pronunciation === === Adjective === ulterior m (feminine singular ulteriora, masculine plural ulteriors, feminine plural ulterioras) ulterior ==== Derived terms ==== ulteriorament === Further reading === Diccionari General de la Lenga Occitana‎[1], L’Academia occitana – Consistòri del Gai Saber, 2008-2025, page 708 == Piedmontese == === Alternative forms === ülteriur === Etymology === From Latin ulterior. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ylteˈrjur/ === Adjective === ulterior This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}. == Portuguese == === Etymology === From Latin ulterior. === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: ul‧te‧ri‧or === Adjective === ulterior m or f (plural ulteriores) ulterior; posterior in space Synonym: posterior subsequent in time Synonyms: subsequente, posterior, seguinte ==== Derived terms ==== ulterioridade ulteriormente === Further reading === “ulterior”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “ulterior” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913 “ulterior”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN “ulterior”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from French ultérieur. === Adjective === ulterior m or n (feminine singular ulterioară, masculine plural ulteriori, feminine/neuter plural ulterioare) later, subsequent Antonym: anterior ==== Declension ==== == Spanish == === Etymology === From Latin ulterior. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ulteˈɾjoɾ/ [ul̪.t̪eˈɾjoɾ] Rhymes: -oɾ Syllabification: ul‧te‧rior === Adjective === ulterior m or f (masculine and feminine plural ulteriores) ulterior, beyond, further later; subsequent ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “ulterior”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025