Main entry: indirect, collateral
Definition: descended from a common ancestor but through different lines
Usage: cousins are collateral relatives; an indirect descendant of the Stuarts
Main entry: collateral
Definition: accompany, concomitant
Usage: collateral target damage from a bombing run
Antonyms: primary
Definition: of first rank or importance or value; direct and immediate rather than secondary
Main entry: collateral
Definition: situated or running side by side
Usage: collateral ridges of mountains
Antonyms: perpendicular
Definition: intersecting at or forming right angles
Antonyms: oblique
Definition: slanting or inclined in direction or course or position--neither parallel nor perpendicular nor right-angled
Main entry: collateral, validating, validatory, verificatory, verifying, substantiating, substantiative, confirmative, confirmatory, confirming, corroborative, corroboratory
Definition: serving to support or corroborate
Usage: collateral evidence
Antonyms: unsupportive
Definition: not furnishing support or assistance