English - Alternative Forms

• casuall (obsolete)

English - Etymology

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

English - Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkæʒuəl/

English - Adjective

casual (comparative more casual, superlative most casual)

1. Happening by chance.
   • Washington Irving

     casual breaks, in the general system

   They only had casual meetings.

2. Coming without regularity; occasional or incidental.
   • Nathaniel Hawthorne

     a constant habit, rather than a casual gesture

   The purchase of donuts was just a casual expense.

3. Employed irregularly.

   He was just a casual worker.

4. Careless.
   • 2007, Nick Holland, The Girl on the Bus (page 117)

     I removed my jacket and threw it casually over the back of the settee.

5. Happening or coming to pass without design.
6. Informal, relaxed.
7. Designed for informal or everyday use.

Derived terms

• casually
• casualization
• smart casual

Synonyms

• (happening by chance): accidental, fortuitous, incidental, occasional
• (happening or coming to pass without design): unexpected
• (relaxed; everyday use): informal

Antonyms

• (happening by chance): inevitable, necessary
• (happening or coming to pass without design): expected, scheduled
• (relaxed; everyday use): ceremonial, formal

Translations

English - Noun

casual (plural casuals)

1. (UK, New Zealand) A worker who is only working for a company occasionally, not as its permanent employee.
2. A soldier temporarily at a place of duty, usually en route to another place of duty.
3. (UK) A member of a group of football hooligans who wear expensive designer clothing to avoid police attention; see Casual (subculture).
4. One who receives relief for a night in a parish to which he does not belong; a vagrant.
5. (video games, informal) A player of casual games.

Translations

English - References

• casual in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

English - Anagrams

• causal

Catalan - Adjective

casual

Portuguese - Adjective

casual

Spanish - Adjective

casual

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