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

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1. collateral

   Antonyms:
   direct, linear, essential, integral

   Synonyms:
   indirect, related, connected, parallel

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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"

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

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

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

   serving to support or corroborate

   "collateral evidence"

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

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

4. collateraladjective

   accompany, concomitant

   "collateral target damage from a bombing run"

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

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

5. collateraladjective

   situated or running side by side

   "collateral ridges of mountains"

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

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

How to use collateral in a sentence?

1. Finance Minister Rodrigo Valdes:

   This is very bad for confidence and is another blow to the legitimacy of the system, this goes beyond the specific case only and has collateral effects that are deeply negative.

2. Colonel Sonny Leggett:

   Initial indications are members of Daesh (IS) were among those targeted in the strike, however, we are working with local officials to determine whether there was collateral damage.

3. Fausto Spotorno:

   The notes had to be transferred into bonds before they could be sold as a way of increasing central bank reserves, 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.

4. Brian Tribus:

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

5. Christopher Stokes:

   Their description of the attack keeps changing - from collateral damage, to a tragic incident, to now attempting to pass responsibility to the Afghanistan government, with such constant discrepancies in the U.S. and Afghan accounts of what happened, the need for a full transparent independent investigation is ever more critical.

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