We'll use the house as collateral so we can borrow some money.
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Collateral
//kəˈlætəɹəl//
Synonyms for "collateral" (256 found)
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Closest matches (52)
Strong matches (76)
coevalcoexistentcoexistingcoextendingcoextensivecognatecoincidentcoinstantaneouscollateral relativecollateral securitycombinedcomingconcoctconcomitantconcurrentcongenericconjointconjugateconnectedconnections
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consanguineconsanguineanconsanguineouscontemporaneouscontemporaryconterminouscontingencycontingentcontributorycorrelatedcorrelativecoterminouscoupleddebrisdependentdepositdistaff sidedistant relationdistantly relateddustenateequalequidistantequispacedeveneventualexpendableextrafamilyfartherfellowfinalfleshflesh and bloodfolksforfeitfortuitousfosterfreshfurthergarbagegermangermanehappenstanceimplicatedincidental
Noun(1 words)
Adjective(8 words)
Adjective(1 words)
Related words (128)
Adjective(10 words)
indirectinessentialinterlinkedinterlockedinterrelatedinvolvedisochronalisochronousjoinedjointjunkkelterkinkindredkinfolkkinnerykinsfolkkinsmankinsmenkinswoman
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kith and kinknottedlastlined uplinkedlitterlittlemarginmatrilateralmatrilinealmatroclinousmere chancemoremutualnear relationnewnext of kinnonconvergentnondivergentnonessentialnot-selfnovercalobliqueof that ilkof that kindof the bloodoffalotherpairedparallelepipedalparallelinervateparallelingparallelodromeparallelogrammaticparallelogrammicparallelotropicpatrilateralpatrilinealpatroclinouspawnpeopleplusposterityrefusereimbursementrelatedrelationsrelativerelativesriffraffroundaboutrubbishsatellitesecuritysibsiblingsimultaneoussparespear kinspear sidespindle kinspindle sidesplicedstakesubsubjectsubservientsubsidiarysubstantiatingsuperaddedsuperadditionsuperfluoussupernumerarysupervenientsupplementsupplementalsupplementarysurplussword sidetiedtribesmantributarytwintwinnedulteriorultimateunderunessentialunisonunisonousuterineuterine kinwedweddedyoked
Noun(1 words)
Adjective(2 words)
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1 entriesAntonyms
1 entriesSynonyms
2 entriesRelated terms
3 entriescapable of
1 entriesderived
24 entriesShowing 16 of 24 words.
has context
1 entriesis a
1 entriesrelated to
26 entriesShowing 16 of 26 words.
similar
7 entriesTranslations
139 translations across 25 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ἐγγύη noun (security or guarantee)
Bulgarian
3 entries- ко́свен adj (aside from the main subject, target)
- съпъ́тствуващ adj (corresponding, accompanying)
- у́спореден adj (parallel, along the same vein)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 旁系的 adj (parallel, along the same vein)
- 旁系親屬 /旁系亲属 adj (of an indirect family relationship)
- 抵押品 noun (security or guarantee)
- 抵押物 noun (security or guarantee)
Czech
3 entries- kolaterál noun (security or guarantee)
- zajištění noun (security or guarantee)
- zástava noun (security or guarantee)
Dutch
4 entries- begeleidend adj (corresponding, accompanying)
- bij adj (aside from the main subject, target)
- bijkomstig adj (aside from the main subject, target)
- collateraal adj (parallel, along the same vein)
Esperanto
1 entries- garantiaĵo noun (security or guarantee)
Finnish
4 entries- rinnakkainen adj (parallel, along the same vein)
- rinnakkais adj (parallel, along the same vein)
- sivusukua oleva adj (of an indirect family relationship)
- oheismateriaali noun (printed materials to enhance sales)
French
4 entries- collatéral adj (parallel, along the same vein)
- collatéral adj (aside from the main subject, target)
- collatéral adj (of an indirect family relationship)
- collatéral adj (coming alongside)
German
4 entries- Begleit adj (corresponding, accompanying)
- Bei adj (corresponding, accompanying)
- Bei adj (aside from the main subject, target)
- Neben adj (corresponding, accompanying)
Greek
4 entries- έμμεσος adj (of an indirect family relationship)
- παράλληλος adj (parallel, along the same vein)
- παράπλευρος adj (aside from the main subject, target)
- συμπληρωματικός adj (corresponding, accompanying)
Hungarian
4 entries- al adj (aside from the main subject, target)
- járulékos adj (aside from the main subject, target)
- kiegészítő adj (aside from the main subject, target)
- kísérő adj (corresponding, accompanying)
Indonesian
1 entries- barang jaminan noun (security or guarantee)
Japanese
4 entries- 傍系の adj (parallel, along the same vein)
- 傍系縁者の adj (of an indirect family relationship)
- 傍系親族の adj (of an indirect family relationship)
- カタログ noun (printed materials to enhance sales)
Korean
2 entries- 평행의 adj (parallel, along the same vein)
- 담보물 noun (security or guarantee)
Macedonian
1 entries- гаранција noun (security or guarantee)
Manx
3 entries- co-cheimnagh adj (aside from the main subject, target)
- co-heuagh adj (parallel, along the same vein)
- raane noun (security or guarantee)
Mongolian
2 entries- барьцаа noun (security or guarantee)
- ᠪᠠᠷᠢᠴᠠᠭᠠ noun (security or guarantee)
Māori
2 entries- moni punga noun (security or guarantee)
- punga noun (security or guarantee)
Portuguese
4 entries- colateral adj (parallel, along the same vein)
- colateral adj (corresponding, accompanying)
- colateral adj (aside from the main subject, target)
- colateral adj (of an indirect family relationship)
Russian
4 entries- боково́й adj (parallel, along the same vein)
- боково́й adj (of an indirect family relationship)
- ко́свенный adj (aside from the main subject, target)
- побо́чный adj (parallel, along the same vein)
Slovak
2 entries- záloha noun (security or guarantee)
- zástava noun (security or guarantee)
Spanish
4 entries- aval noun (security or guarantee)
- colateral noun (thinner blood vessel)
- fianza noun (security or guarantee)
- prenda noun (security or guarantee)
Swahili
1 entries- dhamana noun (security or guarantee)
Swedish
4 entries- indirekt adj (aside from the main subject, target)
- oavsiktlig adj (aside from the main subject, target)
- pant noun (security or guarantee)
- säkerhet noun (security or guarantee)
Turkish
2 entries- soydaş noun (collateral relative)
- teminat noun (security or guarantee)
Sample sentences
24 total sentences available.
That's only collateral damage.
Source: tatoeba (5334280)
It's only collateral damage.
Source: tatoeba (5334281)
"Collateral damage" is a euphemism for killing innocent people to protect capital.
Source: tatoeba (5342504)
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.