collaterally

Not the main target

Collaterally means in a side-by-side or parallel manner, or by way of a secondary connection rather than directly.

Family members related collaterally share an ancestor but don't descend from each other—siblings, cousins, aunts, and nephews are collateral relatives.

In legal and financial contexts, collaterally often relates to security pledged for a loan: The property was collaterally assigned to the bank.

The word can also mean as a secondary consequence: The sanctions collaterally affected neighboring economies.

indirect

incidentally

Introducing a tangent

peripherally · consequentially · concomitantly · derivatively · coincidentally · additionally · correspondingly · relatedly

military

damage

Harm or impairment

strike · bombing · warfare · targets · victims · bystanders · noncombatants · airstrikes · drone · spillover

finance

secured

Made fast or obtained

lien · pledge · asset · debt · equity · credit · guarantee · underwriting · encumbrance · foreclosure

kinship

relatives

Those connected by blood

family · bloodline · lineage · cousins · nephews · nieces · uncles · aunts · heritage · clan

Opposites
directness of relationship or effect

collaterallydirectly

Without intermediary steps

head-on · frontally · straightforwardly · immediately · pointedly

lineage or descent

collaterallylineally

In direct hereditary succession

directly · matrilineally · vertically

importance or priority

collaterallyprincipally

Mostly or primarily

primarily · mainly · importantly · chiefly · centrally

Phrases
Family

collateral, collaterals, collateralize, collateralized

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