Definition of casual Casual
/kæˈʒʌwʌl/ - [katshuwul] - cas•u•al
We found 24 definitions of casual from 5 different sources.
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What does casual mean?
WordNet
Adjectivecasual, casualer, casualest |
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| casual - 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" | ||
| insouciant, nonchalant | ||
| unconcerned lacking in interest or care or feeling; "the average American...is unconcerned that his or her plight is the result of a complex of personal and economic and governmental actions...beyond the normal citizen's comprehension and control"; "blithely unconcerned about his friend's plight" | ||
| casual - not showing effort or strain; "a difficult feat performed with casual mastery"; "careless grace" | ||
| effortless | ||
| easy obtained with little effort or sacrifice, often obtained illegally; "easy money" | ||
| casual - 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" | ||
| cursory, passing, perfunctory | ||
| careless effortless and unstudied; "an impression of careless elegance"; "danced with careless grace" | ||
| casual - appropriate for ordinary or routine occasions; "casual clothes"; "everyday clothes" | ||
| everyday, daily | ||
| informal not formal; "conservative people unaccustomed to informal dress"; "an informal free-and-easy manner"; "an informal gathering of friends" | ||
| casual - occurring or appearing or singled out by chance; "seek help from casual passers-by"; "a casual meeting"; "a chance occurrence" | ||
| chance | ||
| unplanned without apparent forethought or prompting or planning; "an unplanned economy"; "accepts an unplanned order"; "an unplanned pregnancy"; "unplanned remarks" | ||
| casual - without or seeming to be without plan or method; offhand; "a casual remark"; "information collected by casual methods and in their spare time" | ||
| unplanned without apparent forethought or prompting or planning; "an unplanned economy"; "accepts an unplanned order"; "an unplanned pregnancy"; "unplanned remarks" | ||
| casual - occurring from time to time; "casual employment"; "a casual correspondence with a former teacher"; "an occasional worker" | ||
| occasional | ||
| irregular not occurring at expected times | ||
| casual - natural and unstudied; "using their Christian names in a casual way"; "lectured in a free-and-easy style" | ||
| free-and-easy | ||
| informal not formal; "conservative people unaccustomed to informal dress"; "an informal free-and-easy manner"; "an informal gathering of friends" | ||
| casual - characterized by a feeling of irresponsibility; "a broken back is nothing to be casual about; it is no fooling matter" | ||
| fooling | ||
| light characterized by or emitting light; "a room that is light when the shutters are open"; "the inside of the house was airy and light" | ||
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Wiktionary 
- casual (Noun)
A worker who is only working for a company occasionally, not as its permanent employee. - casual (Noun)
A soldier temporarily at a place of duty, usually en route to another place of duty. - casual (Noun)
One who receives relief for a night in a parish to which he does not belong; a vagrant. - casual (Adjective)
Happening by chance. - casual (Adjective)
Coming without regularity; occasional or incidental. - casual (Adjective)
Employed irregularly. - casual (Adjective)
Careless. - casual (Adjective)
Happening or coming to pass without design. - casual (Adjective)
Informal, relaxed. - casual (Adjective)
Designed for informal use.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- casual (a.)
Happening or coming to pass without design, and without being foreseen or expected; accidental; fortuitous; coming by chance. - casual (a.)
Coming without regularity; occasional; incidental; as, casual expenses. - casual (n.)
One who receives relief for a night in a parish to which he does not belong; a vagrant.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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casual
kash′ū-al, adj. accidental: unforeseen: occasional.—n. a chance or occasional visitor, labourer, pauper, &c.—n. Cas′ualism, the belief that chance governs all things.—adv. Cas′ually, in a casual manner.—n. Cas′ualty, that which falls out: an accident: a misfortune: (pl.) losses of a military force by death, desertion, &c.: an incidental charge or payment.—Casualties of superiority, in the feudal law of Scotland, such emoluments arising to the superior as depend on uncertain events—those of non-entry, relief or composition, and escheat alone remaining, but considerably modified by the Conveyancing Act of 1874.—Casualty ward, the ward in a hospital in which accidents are treated; Casual ward, a ward set apart for the use of those who are only occasionally in destitution. [L. casualis—casus. See Case.]
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🔤- casual, noun, singular of casuals.
- casual, adjective.
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