1. collateral - noun
· a security pledged for the repayment of a loan
Hypernym(s): security_interest
2. collateral - adjective
· descended from a common ancestor but through different lines; "cousins are collateral relatives"; "an indirect descendant of the Stuarts"
Synonym(s): indirect
Antonym(s): lineal
3. collateral - adjective
· serving to support or corroborate; "collateral evidence"
Synonym(s): confirmative, confirming, confirmatory, corroborative, corroboratory, substantiating, substantiative, validating, validatory, verificatory, verifying
4. collateral - adjective
· additional but secondary; auxiliary;
5. collateral - adjective
· situated or running side by side; "collateral ridges of mountains"
6. collateral - adjective
· occurring with or following as a consequence; "an excessive growth of bureaucracy, with attendant problems"; "snags incidental to the changeover in management"; "attendant circumstances"; "the period of tension and consequent need for military preparedness"; "the ensuant response to his appeal"; "the resultant savings were considerable"; "collateral target damage from a bombing run"
Synonym(s): attendant, consequent, accompanying, concomitant, incidental, ensuant, resultant, sequent
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