ulterior

Questions about ulterior

What does ulterior mean?

ulterior means "lying beyond what is openly revealed or avowed (especially being kept in the background or deliberately concealed)". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in ulterior?

ulterior has 4 syllables: ul-ter-i-or. The stress falls on "ter". In IPA it is /əlˈtɪɹiɚ/.

What is another word for ulterior?

Close synonyms include subterranean, subterraneous, later, posterior. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is ulterior a common word?

ulterior is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with ulterior?

2 words rhyme with ulterior. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.