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
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.
• (happening by chance): accidental, fortuitous, incidental, occasional, random; see also accidental
• (happening or coming to pass without design): unexpected
• (relaxed; everyday use): informal
• (happening by chance): inevitable, necessary
• (happening or coming to pass without design): expected, scheduled
• (relaxed; everyday use): ceremonial, formal
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.
• Calusa, casula, causal
Source: Wiktionary
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
18 June 2025
(noun) large South American evergreen tree trifoliate leaves and drupes with nutlike seeds used as food and a source of cooking oil
Coffee dates back to the 9th century. Goat herders in Ethiopia noticed their goats seem to be “dancing” after eating berries from a particular shrub. They reported it to the local monastery, and a monk made a drink out of it. The monk found out he felt energized and kept him awake at night. That’s how the first coffee drink was born.
