Ul·te·ri·or a.
1. Situated beyond, or on the farther side; thither; -- correlative with hither.
2. Further; remoter; more distant; succeeding; as, ulterior demands or propositions; ulterior views; what ulterior measures will be adopted is uncertain.
Ulterior motive, Ulterior object or Ulterior aim, a motive, object or aim beyond that which is avowed.