collateral

About 4.18 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective Parallel, in the same vein, side by side.
2. adjective Corresponding; accompanying, concomitant.
3. adjective Being aside from the main subject, target, or goal.

   collateral damage

4. adjective Of an indirect ancestral relationship, as opposed to lineal descendency.

   a collateral descendant

5. adjective Relating to a collateral in the sense of an obligation or security.
6. adjective Expensive to the extent of being paid through a loan.
7. adjective Coming or directed along the side.

   collateral pressure

8. adjective Acting in an indirect way.

Similar words

parallel secondary substantiative indirect verificatory corroboratory corroborative supportive validatory confirmatory

Often followed by

ligament for circulation estoppel security to and damage is

Word family

collateralities collaterality collaterally collaterals