Intentions
Ulterior motives and intentions are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Ulterior motives" instead a noun "Intentions".
Ulterior motives
Intentions and ulterior motives are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Intentions" instead a noun phrase "Ulterior motives".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- plans and intentions
- plans and ulterior motives
- ideas and intentions
- ideas and ulterior motives
- objects and intentions
- objects and ulterior motives
- schemes and intentions
- schemes and ulterior motives
- objectives and intentions
- objectives and ulterior motives
- aims and intentions
- aims and ulterior motives
- ends and intentions
- ends and ulterior motives
Both terms in one sentence
- Or is he just doing something nice for a friend with no bad intentions or ulterior motives?
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Sometimes the white people have genuinely good intentions but more deconstructive works will portray the white people as having ulterior motives, such as conquest and exploitation.
Source: White Man's Burden
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Ulterior motives and Intentions. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 01, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/intentions/ulterior_motives
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