What are some alternative words for casual?
Synonyms for casual
ˈkæʒ u əl
This thesaurus page is about all possible synonyms, equivalent, same meaning and similar words for the term casual.
Princeton's WordNet
casual, insouciant, nonchalant(adj)
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"
Synonyms:
daily, effortless, free-and-easy, passing(a), fooling, nonchalant, chance(a), cursory, insouciant, occasional, perfunctory, everydayAntonyms:
formal, hard, regular, heavy, planned, difficult, concerned, carefulcasual(adj)
without or seeming to be without plan or method; offhand
"a casual remark"; "information collected by casual methods and in their spare time"
Synonyms:
daily, effortless, free-and-easy, passing(a), fooling, nonchalant, chance(a), cursory, insouciant, occasional, perfunctory, everydayAntonyms:
hard, careful, planned, concerned, heavy, formal, regular, difficultcasual, everyday, daily(adj)
appropriate for ordinary or routine occasions
"casual clothes"; "everyday clothes"
Synonyms:
routine, occasional, passing(a), everyday, effortless, cursory, fooling, day-by-day, quotidian, daily, chance(a), free-and-easy, nonchalant, day-after-day, day-to-day, workaday, unremarkable, perfunctory, insouciant, mundaneAntonyms:
careful, planned, hard, concerned, regular, heavy, formal, difficultcasual, chance(a)(adj)
occurring or appearing or singled out by chance
"seek help from casual passers-by"; "a casual meeting"; "a chance occurrence"
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regular, heavy, formal, hard, difficult, planned, concerned, carefulcasual, cursory, passing(a), perfunctory(adj)
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"
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hard, difficult, formal, heavy, careful, planned, concerned, regularcasual, occasional(adj)
occurring from time to time
"casual employment"; "a casual correspondence with a former teacher"; "an occasional worker"
Synonyms:
daily, effortless, free-and-easy, passing(a), fooling, episodic, nonchalant, chance(a), occasional(a), cursory, insouciant, periodic, occasional, perfunctory, everydayAntonyms:
planned, concerned, regular, difficult, heavy, hard, careful, formalfooling, casual(adj)
characterized by a feeling of irresponsibility
"a broken back is nothing to be casual about; it is no fooling matter"
Synonyms:
daily, effortless, free-and-easy, passing(a), fooling, nonchalant, chance(a), cursory, insouciant, occasional, perfunctory, everydayAntonyms:
regular, heavy, planned, concerned, careful, formal, difficult, hardfree-and-easy, casual(adj)
natural and unstudied
"using their Christian names in a casual way"; "lectured in a free-and-easy style"
Synonyms:
daily, effortless, free-and-easy, passing(a), fooling, nonchalant, chance(a), cursory, insouciant, occasional, perfunctory, everydayAntonyms:
concerned, planned, hard, formal, difficult, heavy, regular, carefulcasual, effortless(adj)
not showing effort or strain
"a difficult feat performed with casual mastery"; "careless grace"
Synonyms:
daily, effortless, free-and-easy, passing(a), fooling, nonchalant, chance(a), cursory, insouciant, occasional, perfunctory, everydayAntonyms:
formal, difficult, concerned, careful, regular, planned, hard, heavy
Wiktionary
casual(adjective)
Synonyms:
fortuitous, accidental, occasional, incidentalcasual(adjective)
Happening by chance.
They only had casual meetings.
Synonyms:
accidental, fortuitous, incidental, occasionalcasual(adjective)
Coming without regularity; occasional or incidental.
The purchase of donuts were just casual expenses.
Synonyms:
accidental, occasional, fortuitous, incidentalcasual(adjective)
Employed irregularly
He was just a casual worker.
Synonyms:
occasional, fortuitous, incidental, accidentalcasual(adjective)
Careless.
Synonyms:
fortuitous, occasional, accidental, incidentalcasual(adjective)
Happening or coming to pass without design.
Synonyms:
incidental, occasional, fortuitous, accidentalcasual(adjective)
Informal, relaxed.
Synonyms:
incidental, accidental, fortuitous, occasionalcasual(adjective)
Designed for informal use.
Synonyms:
occasional, fortuitous, accidental, incidental
English Synonyms and Antonyms
casual
Synonyms:
accidental, external, extrinsic, fortuitous, incidental, outward, subsidiary, superadded, superficial, superfluous, superimposed, supplemental, transient, unconnectedAntonyms:
congenital, essential, immanent, inborn, inbred, indispensable, indwelling, infixed, ingrained, inherent, inhering, innate, inseparable, internal, intrinsic, inwrought, native, natural, subjective
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
casual
Synonyms:
accidental, occasional, incidental, contingent, unforeseen, fortuitousAntonyms:
regular, ordinary, systematic, periodic, certain, fixed
Dictionary of English Synonymes
casual(a.)
Synonyms:
accidental, fortuitous, incidental, contingent, that happens by chance
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
casual(a)
Synonyms:
chance, accidental, fortuitous, contingent
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "casual":
occasional, non-daily, episodic, temporary, breezy, unforeseen, flippant, incidental, contingent, causal, unplanned, odd-job, nonchalant, infrequent, accidental, sporadic, adventitious, provisional
Nicknames
List of known nicknames for "Casual":
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#756 | daily | |
#1642 | external | |
#3606 | temporary | |
#4394 | everyday | |
#4833 | casual | |
#5269 | routine | |
#7868 | subsidiary | |
#7935 | periodic | |
#8529 | occasional | |
#8668 | supplemental | |
#11333 | provisional | |
#11733 | accidental | |
#12548 | transient | |
#13558 | contingent | |
#13621 | incidental | |
#16784 | outward | |
#17443 | causal | |
#19703 | superficial | |
#24515 | breezy | |
#24522 | mundane | |
#27660 | sporadic | |
#29255 | unforeseen | |
#31396 | unplanned | |
#31918 | effortless | |
#32135 | infrequent | |
#35699 | superfluous | |
#37914 | superimposed | |
#40664 | fooling | |
#41061 | episodic | |
#44272 | extrinsic | |
#49265 | cursory | |
#52578 | unconnected | |
#62954 | unremarkable | |
#71442 | fortuitous | |
#88271 | flippant | |
#92204 | perfunctory | |
#103712 | nonchalant | |
#110840 | quotidian | |
#113054 | adventitious | |
#160128 | workaday | |
#265579 | insouciant |
How to use casual in a sentence?
The tendency of the casual mind is to pick out or stumble upon a sample which supports or defies its prejudices, and then to make it the representative of a whole class.
Il ya environ 140+ ans, le 20 mai 1873, le brevet nous 139,121 couvrant l'invention des «jeans» a été délivré à deux inventeurs américains, Jacob Davis et Levi Strauss. La plupart des inventeurs, encore aujourd'hui, souhaitent secrètement qu'ils avaient inventé les jeans, en raison de la beauté et de la grâce, couplé avec simplicité et confort, que les jeans bleus ont créé dans notre monde. I aime porter des jeans casual wear que pendant les week-ends. Je pense aussi que chaque fois qu'une célébrité ou une beauté ou un génie porte des jeans, il fait toujours déclaration de mode les plus percutants.
The virus is not transmitted through casual contact.
We literally overnight reinvented ourselves from an upscale casual dining establishment into what I told my executive chef had to be a badass food truck without wheels.
Now as you would imagine, that was not a casual decision, in fact, back in May when we announced a possible Aug. 9 reopening, the COVID numbers were actually moving in the right direction. That has changed. Consequently, we cannot guarantee your safety, and that is a big part of this decision.
Translations for casual
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- عرArabic
- случаен, непредвиден, небрежен, неофициален, инцидентенBulgarian
- informal, casual, ocasionalCatalan, Valencian
- náhodný, občasný, příležitostný, brigádníkCzech
- afslappetDanish
- unmethodisch, sportlich, gelegentlich, ungezwungen, zufällig, leger, gleichgültig, beiläufigGerman
- περιστασιακός, τυχαίος, απρόβλεπτοςGreek
- hazardaEsperanto
- deportivo, ocasional, casualSpanish
- occasionnelFrench
- hétköznapi, alkalmi, alkalmi munkás, közvetlen, nemtörődöm, váratlan, lezser, kényelmes, fesztelen, véletlenHungarian
- santaiIndonesian
- casualeItalian
- 普段, カジュアル, 偶然, 日用, 思い掛けない, 非正規雇用Japanese
- შემთხვევითიGeorgian
- 평상복Korean
- ōpaki, pakiraraMāori
- tilfeldigNorwegian
- codzienny, dorywczy, niedbały, doraźny, sezonowy, przypadkowyPolish
- casualPortuguese
- небрежный, неформальный, сезонный, случайный, неофициальный, временный, непроизвольный, непарадный, непреднамеренный, повседневныйRussian
- şans eseri, rahat, tesadüfen, boşverci, sportif, arasıra, rastgeleTurkish
- випадковийUkrainian
- binh thươngVietnamese
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