English Explanatory Dictionary

casual

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Happening by chance.
  2. Coming without regularity; occasional or incidental.
  3. Employed irregularly.
  4. Careless.
  5. Happening or coming to pass without design.
  6. Informal; relaxed.
  7. Designed for informal or everyday use.
noun
  1. A worker who is only working for a company occasionally, not as its permanent employee.
  2. A worker who is doing a particular type of job temporarily, not as a lifetime career.
  3. A soldier temporarily at a place of duty, usually en route to another place of duty.
  4. A member of a group of football hooligans who wear expensive designer clothing to avoid police attention; see casual (subculture).
  5. One who receives relief for a night in a parish to which he or she does not belong; a vagrant in the casual ward.
  6. A player of casual games.
  7. A person whose engagement with media is relaxed or superficial.
  8. A tramp.
  9. Shoes suitable for everyday use, as opposed to more formal footwear.

Pronunciation

/ˈkaʒ(uː)əl/ /ˈkaʒjuːəl/ /ˈkazjuːəl/ /ˈkæʒ(u)əl/ /ˈkæʒwəl/ /ˈkɛʒ(ʉː)əl/ /-uːæl/ EN-AU ck1 casual.ogg

Word forms

casual more casual most casual casuall cazh casuals

Etymology

From Middle French casuel, from Late Latin cāsuālis (“happening by chance”), from Latin cāsus (“event”) (English case), from cadere (“to fall”) (whence English cadence).

Synonyms

accidental fortuitous incidental occasional random accidentary adventitious by accident by the by casual causeless chanceable lippening serendipitous unforeseen unintended unintentional unplanned ad hoc easygoing unconcerned airy at ease at peace carefree careless chill cool devil-may-care easy-breezy happy-go-lucky indifferent insouciant laid-back leisurely lighthearted loose mellow nonchalant pococurante relaxed serene solute tranquil unanxious unbothered undisturbed unruffled untroubled unworried wanton unexpected ad lib extemporal extemporary extemporaneous extempore extemporized gash impromptu

Antonyms

inevitable necessary expected scheduled strict formal official ceremonial regulation

Related words

casualty case

Derived words

business casual casual alien casual Friday casual gaming casualisation casualism casualist casualization casualize casually casualness casual sex casualty casual ward casual water casualwear decasualize fast casual filthy casual fine casual hypercasual noncasual overcasual semicasual smart casual ultracasual uncasual
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