collateral[adjective]Synonyms: concomitant, accompanying, ancillary, attendant, attending, coincident, incident, satellite, indirect, circuitous, circular, oblique, roundabout, corroborative, adminicular, confirmative, confirmatory, corroboratory, verificatory, subordinate, dependent, secondary, sub, subject, tributary, under, auxiliary, accessory, adjuvant, appurtenant, contributory, subservient, subsidiary
[noun]Synonyms: refuse, debris, garbage, junk, kelter, litter, offal, outsweepings, riffraff, rubbish
Contrasted words: major, prominent
Related Words: allied,
cognate,
kindred,
related,
complementary,
corresponding,
reciprocal [TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲
I. col‧lat‧e‧ral1 /kəˈlæt
ərəl/
noun [uncountable] property or other goods that you promise to give someone if you cannot pay back the money they lend you
Synonym : security:
We put up our home as collateral in order to raise the money to invest in the scheme.—collateralize American English verb [transitive] [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲
II. collateral2 adjective [only before noun][
Date: 1300-1400;
Language: Medieval Latin;
Origin: collateralis, from Latin com- ( ⇒ COM-) + lateralis (, lateral)]
1. collateral damage people who are hurt or killed, or property that is damaged accidentally in a war – used especially by the army, navy etc:
Hitting any non-military targets would risk ‘collateral damage’.2. relating to something or happening as a result of it, but not as important:
There may be collateral benefits to the scheme.3. collateral relatives are members of your family who are not closely related to you
[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲