English Dictionary
Definition of “casual”
casual (ˈkæʒjʊəl
)
Definitions
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
Alternative Forms
ˈcasually adverb ˈcasualness noun Word Origin
C14: from Late Latin cāsuālis happening by chance, from Latin cāsus event, from cadere to fall; see caseC14: from Late Latin happening by chance, from Latin event, from to fall; see 1
Synonyms
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careless,
relaxed,
informal,
indifferent,
unconcerned,
apathetic,
blasé,
offhand,
nonchalant,
insouciant,
lackadaisical,
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chance,
unexpected,
random,
accidental,
incidental,
unforeseen,
unintentional,
fortuitous,
serendipitous,
unpremeditated,
Translations
- British English:
casual
If you are casual, you are relaxed and not very concerned about what is happening.It's difficult for me to be casual about anything.ˈkæʒjʊəl ADJECTIVE It's difficult for me to be casual about anything.
- Spanish:
informal
adj
- French:
informel
adj
- German:
gleichgültig
adj
- Chinese: 随便的 adj
- Arabic: مُسْتَرِيح adj
- Portuguese: casual adj
- Russian: случайный adj случайная
- Croatian: ležeran adj ležerna
- Czech: nonšalantní adj
- Danish: afslappet adj
- Dutch: gemakkelijk zittend adj
- Finnish: satunnainen adj
- Greek: τυχαίος adj τυχαία
- Italian: noncurante adj
- Japanese: 偶然の no_posp
- Korean: 무심한 adj
- Norwegian: skjødesløs adj
- Polish: niedbały adj niedbała
- Brazilian Portuguese: casual adj
- European Spanish:
informal
adj
- Swedish: ledig adj ledigt
- Thai: โดยบังเอิญ adj
- Turkish: umursamaz adj
- Vietnamese: tùy tiện adj
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