Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun corollary
2 senses of corollary
Sense 1
corollary -- (a practical consequence that follows naturally; "blind jealousy is a frequent corollary of passionate love")
=> consequence, aftermath -- (the outcome of an event especially as relative to an individual)
Sense 2
corollary -- ((logic) an inference that follows directly from the proof of another proposition)
=> inference, illation -- (the reasoning involved in drawing a conclusion or making a logical judgment on the basis of circumstantial evidence and prior conclusions rather than on the basis of direct observation)