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. 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.

2. Fausto Spotorno:

   The central bank could also try to use them as collateral for a loan, at least in the local market and perhaps with the international investment banks.

3. Gabby Giffords:

   There are people out there whose minds Barbara Parker will never change, if you are a parent, if you are a mother, if you have children -- how can you look your child in the eye and say Barbara Parker are willing to allow you to be collateral damage in order to keep what some people perceive to be their constitutional rights ? If Barbara Parker as a society are willing to accept that, what kind of society are Barbara Parker ?

4. Shailesh Kshatriya:

   For today and broadly for this year, the oil market seems to be dictating the script for the TSX, the longer oil prices remain subdued as they are, the greater the collateral damage.

5. Brian Tribus:

   The strike may have resulted in collateral damage to a nearby medical facility, this incident is under investigation.