Synonyms for collateral
- adjective
Synonyms by meaning
Adjective
1. Secondary
secondary, incidental, concurrent, concomitant, accompanying, consequent, resultant, attendant, sequent, ensuant
2. Corroborative
corroborative, confirmatory, corroboratory, verificatory, validatory, confirmative, substantiative
3. Subordinate — being aside from the main subject, target, or goal
Other
Definitions
- adj. 1
Being aside from the main subject, target, or goal.
Although not a direct cause, the border skirmish was certainly a collateral incitement for the war.
- adj. 2
Parallel, in the same vein, side by side.
- adj. 3
Corresponding; accompanying, concomitant.
Related words
- Phrases
- collateral security
Example sentences
- consequent Affirming the consequent is an example of a formal logical fallacy.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| collateral | steady | |
| resultant | falling | |
| consequent | falling | |
| sequent | steady | |
| ensuant | steady | |
| corroborative | falling |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 7 letters
- related3, sequent2, ensuant
- 8 letters
- parallel3, indirect3
- 9 letters
- connected3, secondary4, attendant3, resultant3, ancillary4
- 10 letters
- concurrent3, incidental4, consequent3, expendable4, tangential3, validatory
- 11 letters
- subordinate4, concomitant4
- 12 letters
- accompanying5, confirmatory5, verificatory, confirmative
- 13 letters
- corroborative5, corroboratory
- 14 letters
- substantiative
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (related3 = 3 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- collatéral
- Italiano
- collaterale