Overview of noun collateral

The noun collateral has 1 sense

• collateral -- (a security pledged for the repayment of a loan)

Overview of adj collateral

The adj collateral has 4 senses

• collateral, indirect -- (descended from a common ancestor but through different lines; "cousins are collateral relatives"; "an indirect descendant of the Stuarts")


• collateral, confirmative, confirming, confirmatory, corroborative, corroboratory, substantiating, substantiative, validating, validatory, verificatory, verifying -- (serving to support or corroborate; "collateral evidence")


• collateral -- (accompany, concomitant; "collateral target damage from a bombing run")


• collateral -- (situated or running side by side; "collateral ridges of mountains")