Definition of collateral

Scrabble & Words with friends points

• collateral is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 12
• collateral is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 12
• collateral is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 16

Definition of collateral

• occurring with or following as a consequence (adjective)

  Examples

  1. collateral target damage from a bombing run

  Synonyms

  1. accompanying
  2. attendant
  3. concomitant
  4. consequent
  5. ensuant
  6. incidental
  7. resultant
  8. sequent
• descended from a common ancestor but through different lines (adjective)

  Examples

  1. cousins are collateral relatives

  Synonyms

  1. indirect
• serving to support or corroborate (adjective)

  Examples

  1. collateral evidence

  Synonyms

  1. confirmative
  2. confirmatory
  3. confirming
  4. corroborative
  5. corroboratory
  6. substantiating
  7. substantiative
  8. validating
  9. validatory
  10. verificatory
  11. verifying
• additional but secondary; auxiliary (adjective)
• a security pledged for the repayment of a loan (noun)
• situated or running side by side (adjective)

  Examples

  1. collateral ridges of mountains

See definition of collateral in Merriam Webster