CASUAL

casual, cursory, passing, perfunctory, superficial

(adjective) hasty and without attention to detail; not thorough; “a casual (or cursory) inspection failed to reveal the house’s structural flaws”; “a passing glance”; “perfunctory courtesy”; “In his paper, he showed a very superficial understanding of psychoanalytic theory”

casual, insouciant, nonchalant

(adjective) marked by blithe unconcern; “an ability to interest casual students”; “showed a casual disregard for cold weather”; “an utterly insouciant financial policy”; “an elegantly insouciant manner”; “drove his car with nonchalant abandon”; “was polite in a teasing nonchalant manner”

casual, effortless

(adjective) not showing effort or strain; “a difficult feat performed with casual mastery”; “careless grace”

casual, everyday, daily

(adjective) appropriate for ordinary or routine occasions; “casual clothes”; “everyday clothes”

casual, free-and-easy

(adjective) natural and unstudied; “using their Christian names in a casual way”; “lectured in a free-and-easy style”

fooling, casual

(adjective) characterized by a feeling of irresponsibility; “a broken back is nothing to be casual about; it is no fooling matter”

casual, chance

(adjective) occurring or appearing or singled out by chance; “seek help from casual passers-by”; “a casual meeting”; “a chance occurrence”

casual

(adjective) without or seeming to be without plan or method; offhand; “a casual remark”; “information collected by casual methods and in their spare time”

casual, occasional

(adjective) occurring on a temporary or irregular basis; “casual employment”; “a casual correspondence with a former teacher”; “an occasional worker”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Adjective

casual (comparative more casual, superlative most casual)

Happening by chance.

Coming without regularity; occasional or incidental.

Employed irregularly.

Careless.

Happening or coming to pass without design.

Informal, relaxed.

Designed for informal or everyday use.

Synonyms

• (happening by chance): accidental, fortuitous, incidental, occasional, random; see also accidental

• (happening or coming to pass without design): unexpected

• (relaxed; everyday use): informal

Antonyms

• (happening by chance): inevitable, necessary

• (happening or coming to pass without design): expected, scheduled

• (relaxed; everyday use): ceremonial, formal

Noun

casual (plural casuals)

(British, Australian, NZ) A worker who is only working for a company occasionally, not as its permanent employee.

A soldier temporarily at a place of duty, usually en route to another place of duty.

(UK) A member of a group of football hooligans who wear expensive designer clothing to avoid police attention; see casual (subculture).

One who receives relief for a night in a parish to which he does not belong; a vagrant.

(video games, informal, derogatory) A player of casual games.

(fandom slang) A person whose engagement with media is relaxed or superficial.

(British, dated) A tramp.

Anagrams

• Calusa, casula, causal

Source: Wiktionary

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Cas"u*al, a. Etym: [OE. casuel, F. casuel, fr. L. casualis, fr. casus fall, accident, fr. cadere to fall. See Case.]

1. Happening or coming to pass without design, and without being foreseen or expected; accidental; fortuitous; coming by chance. Casual breaks, in the general system. W. Irving.

2. Coming without regularity; occasional; incidental; as, casual expenses. A constant habit, rather than a casual gesture. Hawthorne.

Syn.

– Accidental; fortutious; incidental; occasional; contingent; unforeseen. See Accidental.

Cas"u*al, n.

Definition: One who receives relief for a night in a parish to which he does not belong; a vagrant.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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