casual
happening by chance; fortuitous: a casual meeting.
without definite or serious intention; careless or offhand; passing: a casual remark.
appropriate for wear or use on informal occasions; not dressy: casual clothes; casual wear.
seeming or tending to be indifferent to what is happening; relaxed; nonchalant: a casual, unconcerned air.
without emotional intimacy or commitment: casual sex.
irregular; occasional: a casual visitor.
accidental: a casual mishap.
noting or relating to activities that do not require much skill or time commitment: casual gamers.: Compare hard-core (def. 6).
Obsolete. uncertain.
a worker employed only irregularly.
a soldier temporarily at a station or other place of duty, and usually en route to another station.
Usually casuals . an article of clothing for casual wear.
a person who does something only occasionally: Most of our customers are casuals.
Usually Disparaging. a person who plays video games that do not require much skill or time commitment.
Origin of casual
1synonym study For casual
Other words for casual
Opposites for casual
Other words from casual
- cas·u·al·ly, adverb
- cas·u·al·ness, noun
- o·ver·cas·u·al, adjective
- o·ver·cas·u·al·ness, noun
- ul·tra·cas·u·al, adjective
- ul·tra·cas·u·al·ness, noun
- un·cas·u·al, adjective
- un·cas·u·al·ness, noun
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How to use casual in a sentence
"Take a real rest," she ordered in a short, thick, over-casual voice.
The Narrow House | Evelyn Scott
British Dictionary definitions for casual
/ (ˈkæʒjʊəl) /
happening by accident or chance: a casual meeting
offhand; not premeditated: a casual remark
shallow or superficial: a casual affair
being or seeming unconcerned or apathetic: he assumed a casual attitude
(esp of dress) for informal wear: a casual coat
occasional or irregular: casual visits; a casual labourer
biology another term for adventive
(usually plural) an informal article of clothing or footwear
an occasional worker
biology another term for an adventive
(usually plural) a young man dressed in expensive casual clothes who goes to football matches in order to start fights
Origin of casual
1Derived forms of casual
- casually, adverb
- casualness, noun
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