Synonyms for casual
ˈkæʒ u əl

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1. 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, everyday

   Antonyms:
   formal, hard, regular, heavy, planned, difficult, concerned, careful

2. casual(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, everyday

   Antonyms:
   hard, careful, planned, concerned, heavy, formal, regular, difficult

3. casual, 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, mundane

   Antonyms:
   careful, planned, hard, concerned, regular, heavy, formal, difficult

4. casual, chance(a)(adj)

   occurring or appearing or singled out by chance

   "seek help from casual passers-by"; "a casual meeting"; "a chance occurrence"

   Antonyms:
   regular, heavy, formal, hard, difficult, planned, concerned, careful

5. casual, 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"

   Antonyms:
   hard, difficult, formal, heavy, careful, planned, concerned, regular

6. casual, 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, everyday

   Antonyms:
   planned, concerned, regular, difficult, heavy, hard, careful, formal

7. fooling, 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, everyday

   Antonyms:
   regular, heavy, planned, concerned, careful, formal, difficult, hard

8. free-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, everyday

   Antonyms:
   concerned, planned, hard, formal, difficult, heavy, regular, careful

9. casual, 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, everyday

   Antonyms:
   formal, difficult, concerned, careful, regular, planned, hard, heavy

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1. casual(adjective)

   Synonyms:
   fortuitous, accidental, occasional, incidental

   Antonyms:
   scheduled, formal

2. casual(adjective)

   Happening by chance.

   They only had casual meetings.

   Synonyms:
   accidental, fortuitous, incidental, occasional

   Antonyms:
   scheduled, formal

3. casual(adjective)

   Coming without regularity; occasional or incidental.

   The purchase of donuts were just casual expenses.

   Synonyms:
   accidental, occasional, fortuitous, incidental

   Antonyms:
   scheduled, formal

4. casual(adjective)

   Employed irregularly

   He was just a casual worker.

   Synonyms:
   occasional, fortuitous, incidental, accidental

   Antonyms:
   formal, scheduled

5. casual(adjective)

   Careless.

   Synonyms:
   fortuitous, occasional, accidental, incidental

   Antonyms:
   formal, scheduled

6. casual(adjective)

   Happening or coming to pass without design.

   Synonyms:
   incidental, occasional, fortuitous, accidental

   Antonyms:
   scheduled, formal

7. casual(adjective)

   Informal, relaxed.

   Synonyms:
   incidental, accidental, fortuitous, occasional

   Antonyms:
   formal, scheduled

8. casual(adjective)

   Designed for informal use.

   Synonyms:
   occasional, fortuitous, accidental, incidental

   Antonyms:
   scheduled, formal

English Synonyms and Antonyms(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. casual

   Synonyms:
   accidental, external, extrinsic, fortuitous, incidental, outward, subsidiary, superadded, superficial, superfluous, superimposed, supplemental, transient, unconnected

   Antonyms:
   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(1.00 / 1 vote)Rate these synonyms:

1. casual

   Synonyms:
   accidental, occasional, incidental, contingent, unforeseen, fortuitous

   Antonyms:
   regular, ordinary, systematic, periodic, certain, fixed

Dictionary of English Synonymes(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. casual(a.)

   Synonyms:
   accidental, fortuitous, incidental, contingent, that happens by chance

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. casual(a)

   Synonyms:
   chance, accidental, fortuitous, contingent

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1. 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

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1. List of known nicknames for "Casual":

   Jon Owens

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Alex

US English

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British

Karen

Australian

Veena

Indian

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How to use casual in a sentence?

1. Walter Lippmann:

   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.

2. Deodatta V. Shenai-Khatkhate:

   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.

3. The CDC:

   The virus is not transmitted through casual contact.

4. David Fernandez:

   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.

5. Andy Stanley:

   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.

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