Synonyms for collateral
kəˈlæt ər əlcol·lat·er·al

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. collateral

   Synonyms:
   indirect, related, connected, parallel

   Antonyms:
   direct, linear, essential, integral

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1. collateraladjective

   a security pledged for the repayment of a loan

   Antonyms:
   matrilinear, unilateral, perpendicular, primary, oblique, patrilineal, lineal, matrilineal, direct, patrilinear, unsupportive

2. collateral, indirectadjective

   descended from a common ancestor but through different lines

   "cousins are collateral relatives"; "an indirect descendant of the Stuarts"

   Synonyms:
   confirmatory, verificatory, confirming, validatory, corroborative, substantiating, confirmative, indirect, substantiative, corroboratory, validating, verifying

   Antonyms:
   matrilinear, oblique, lineal, patrilineal, matrilineal, patrilinear, unilateral, unsupportive, perpendicular, direct, primary

3. collateral, confirmative, confirming, confirmatory, corroborative, corroboratory, substantiating, substantiative, validating, validatory, verificatory, verifyingadjective

   serving to support or corroborate

   "collateral evidence"

   Synonyms:
   confirmatory, positive, verificatory, confirming, validatory, corroborative, substantiating, confirmative, indirect, substantiative, corroboratory, validating, verifying

   Antonyms:
   oblique, unsupportive, perpendicular, unilateral, matrilineal, lineal, matrilinear, patrilineal, patrilinear, direct, primary

4. collateraladjective

   accompany, concomitant

   "collateral target damage from a bombing run"

   Synonyms:
   confirmatory, verificatory, confirming, validatory, corroborative, substantiating, confirmative, indirect, substantiative, corroboratory, validating, verifying

   Antonyms:
   matrilineal, lineal, patrilineal, matrilinear, primary, oblique, patrilinear, unilateral, unsupportive, perpendicular, direct

5. collateraladjective

   situated or running side by side

   "collateral ridges of mountains"

   Synonyms:
   confirmatory, verificatory, confirming, validatory, corroborative, substantiating, confirmative, indirect, substantiative, corroboratory, validating, verifying

   Antonyms:
   unsupportive, matrilineal, lineal, patrilineal, matrilinear, patrilinear, oblique, perpendicular, primary, direct, unilateral

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1. collateraladjective

   Synonyms:
   indirect, subordinate, not directly to the point

2. collateraladjective

   Synonyms:
   corroboratory, confirmatory, concurrent

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1. List of paraphrases for "collateral":

   guarantee, guarantees, safeguards, warranty, incidental, guaranteed, fringe, secured, side, pledge, merchandise, assurances

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1. Deven Choksey:

   BJP's performance in the two states is actually quite convincing. I think collateral sales due to global fears have somewhat weighed on the market today.

2. Kendall Coffey:

   Ten percent is a premium you pay a surety company, or bail bondsman, Coffey said. To get a bond in almost all cases you have to be able to fully collateralize that $150,000, meaning that either George Zimmerman or his parents have to come up with a $150,000 second mortgage on their house or from a bank. The bonding company is not a charity. They stand to lose the money. They have more than just fugitive hunters [to track down a defendant who flees.] They get collateral up front.

3. Jens Walter:

   The idea here is not really to criticize the modern lifestyle and its practices, modern lifestyle has tremendous benefits, but obviously, there is a good possibility it also came with a trade-off or collateral damage, and the idea is really to find what is it in modern lifestyle that potentially causes this collateral damage.

4. David Bullock:

   These are very big tax liens, and the collateral is the casinos, and who knows whether you can use them and re-deploy them for some other purpose.

5. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell:

   Well you know, mistakes are made in warfare, the drone is another weapon. It's used obviously to try and minimize collateral damage. Americans like minimizing collateral damage. I think it's a part of our toolbox that we should use against terrorists. I think there is plenty of oversight and we are always going to look when mistakes are made. I think it's appropriate for Congress to take a look at it.