Hyphenation of ulterior

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word ulterior? This word can be hyphenated and contains 4 syllables as shown below.

ul-te-ri-or

Definitions of ulterior:

1.	Lying beyond what is openly revealed or avowed (especially being kept in the background or deliberately concealed) Subterranean motives for murder Looked too closely for an ulterior purpose in all knowledge- Bertrand Russell
2.	Beyond or outside an area of immediate interest Remote A suggestion ulterior to the present discussion Without...any purpose
3.	Immediate or ulterior- G.B.Shaw
4.	Coming at a subsequent time or stage Without ulterior argument The mood posterior to

Synonyms of ulterior:

adj	subterranean, subterraneous, covert
adj	distant
adj	future, later, subsequent

Last hyphenations of this language

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