different between ulterior vs secretive

English

Etymology

From Latin ulterior (“further, more distant”), from ulter (“that is beyond”) + -ior (“more”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?l?t?????/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /??l?t??i?/
• Rhymes: -???i?(?)
• Hyphenation: ul?te?ri?or

Adjective

ulterior (not comparable)

1. Situated beyond, or on the farther side.
2. Beyond what is obvious or evident.
3. Being intentionally concealed so as to deceive.
4. (archaic) Happening later; subsequent.

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)

Antonyms

• (situated beyond): citerior
• (intentionally concealed to deceive): ostensible
• (happening later): prior

Derived terms

• ulterior motive

Related terms

• ultimate
• ultra
• ultra-

Further reading

• ulterior in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• ulterior in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• ulterior at OneLook Dictionary Search

Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /ul.t?.?i?o/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ul.te.?i?o?/

Adjective

ulterior (masculine and feminine plural ulteriors)

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Further reading

• “ulterior” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Galician

Pronunciation

Adjective

ulterior m or f (plural ulteriors)

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Further reading

• “ulterior” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.

Interlingua

Adjective

ulterior (not comparable)

1. farther
2. further
3. later

Derived terms

• ulteriormente

Latin

Etymology

ulter +? -ior

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ul?te.ri.or/, [????t???i?r]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ul?te.ri.or/, [ul??t????i?r]

Adjective

ulterior (neuter ulterius, positive ulter); third declension

1. further away

Declension

Third-declension comparative adjective.

Synonyms

• polte? (ablative)

Antonyms

• propior

Descendants

• English: ulterior
• Italian: ulteriore
• Spanish: ulterior
• Portuguese: 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

Piedmontese

Alternative forms

• ülteriur

Etymology

From Latin ulterior.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ylte?rjur/

Adjective

ulterior

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /uwte?i?o(?)/
• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /u?t???jo?/

Adjective

ulterior m or f (plural ulteriores, comparable)

1. ulterior; posterior in space

   Synonym: posterior

2. subsequent in time

   Synonyms: subsequente, posterior, seguinte

Derived terms

• ulterioridade
• ulteriormente

Further reading

• “ulterior” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913

Romanian

Etymology

From French ultérieur

Adjective

ulterior m or n (feminine singular ulterioar?, masculine plural ulteriori, feminine and neuter plural ulterioare)

1. ulterior

Declension

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ulte??jo?/, [ul?.t?e??jo?]
• Hyphenation: ul?te?rior

Adjective

ulterior (plural ulteriores)

1. ulterior
2. later; subsequent

Derived terms

• ulteriormente

Further reading

• “ulterior” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English secretife, equivalent to secret +? -ive.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?si?k??t?v/

Adjective

secretive (comparative more secretive, superlative most secretive)

1. Having an inclination to secrecy

Synonyms

• furtive
• sly
• See also Thesaurus:covert

Translations

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s??k?i?t?v/

Adjective

secretive (not comparable)

1. Relating to secretion

Anagrams

• receivest, resective

Italian

Adjective

secretive

1. feminine plural of secretivo

Anagrams

• riceveste