collateral
collateral is a 10-letter English word with 12 senses as adjective and noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Coming from, being on, or directed toward, the side; as, collateral pressure. Face value is 12 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- adjective. Coming from, being on, or directed toward, the side; as, collateral pressure.
- adjective. Acting in an indirect way.
- adjective. Related to, but not strictly a part of, the main thing or matter under consideration; hence, subordinate; not chief or principal; as, collateral interest; collateral issues.
- adjective. Tending toward the same conclusion or result as something else; additional; as, collateral evidence.
- adjective. Descending from the same stock or ancestor, but not in the same line or branch or one from the other; -- opposed to lineal.
- noun. A collateral relative.
- noun. Collateral security; that which is pledged or deposited as collateral security.
- noun. a security pledged for the repayment of a loan
- adjective. descended from a common ancestor but through different lines
"cousins are collateral relatives"
"an indirect descendant of the Stuarts"
- adjective. situated or running side by side
"collateral ridges of mountains"
- adjective. accompany, concomitant
"collateral target damage from a bombing run"
- adjective. serving to support or corroborate
"collateral evidence"
Synonyms
indirect, confirmative, confirmatory, confirming, corroborative, corroboratory, substantiating, substantiative, validating, validatory, verificatory, verifying
Common word forms
collaterals, collaterally, collaterality, collateralize, collateralness
Words from these letters
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