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casual
[ kazh-oo-uhl ]
adjective
- happening by chance; fortuitous:
a casual meeting.
Synonyms: ,
Antonyms:
- 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.
a casual visitor.
Synonyms: , , , , ,
Antonyms: , ,
a casual mishap.
- noting or relating to activities that do not require much skill or time commitment: Compare hard-core ( def 6 ).
casual gamers.
- Obsolete. uncertain.
noun
- 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.
casual
/ ˈæʊə /
adjective
- 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
noun
- 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
Derived Forms
- ˈܲ, adverb
- ˈܲԱ, noun
Other Word Forms
- ··· adverb
- ···Ա noun
- ···· adjective
- o·ver····Ա noun
- ܱ·ٰ··· adjective
- ul·tra····Ա noun
- ܲ··· adjective
- un····Ա noun
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of casual1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
As the Sunday evening set’s start time lingered over his head, Junior H traded his casual, pink jersey for an all-white outfit that would contrast his band’s all-black attire.
Trump’s casual racism has become normalized to such a degree that even former outspoken critic Snoop Dogg was convinced to perform at a pre-inauguration event.
Exhibitors argue that shorter windows cut into box-office profits by decreasing the number of casual moviegoers who look up showtimes on a whim and encouraging audiences to wait to watch a film at home.
Rather, he embeds us in the warm, casual messiness of the couple’s domestic life, underlined most amusingly by a seemingly superfluous subplot involving Ono researching how to obtain live flies for her latest art installation.
Others had taken a more casual, camping approach, dressed in what seemed to be pajamas.
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