casual
[adjective]
Synonyms:
- careless, blasé, cursory, lackadaisical, nonchalant, offhand, relaxed, unconcerned
- occasional, accidental, chance, incidental, irregular, random, unexpected
- informal, non-dressy, sporty

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Antonyms: deliberate
Contrasted words: advised, considered, deliberate, intentional, planned, premeditated, studied, ceremonial, conventional, formal
Related Words: unplanned, unpremeditated, extemporaneous, extempore, impromptu, improvised, offhand, impulsive, spontaneous

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English Thesaurus: careless, clumsy, sloppy, reckless, irresponsible, ...

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

cas‧u‧al /ˈkæʒuəl/ adjective
[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Old French; Origin: casuel, from Late Latin casualis, from Latin casus; ⇒ case¹]

1. RELAXED relaxed and not worried, or seeming not to care about something:
a casual manner
His eyes were angry, though he sounded casual.
Marsha was quite casual about appearing on TV.
She had a casual attitude to life.

2. NOT FORMAL not formal or not for a formal situation Antonym : formal:
Jean felt more comfortable in casual clothes.
a casual jacket

3. WORK employed as a temporary worker or working for only a short period of time:
casual labour
staff employed on a casual basis
Chris has occasional casual work but mostly he is unemployed.

4. RELATIONSHIP knowing someone or having sex with someone without wanting a close relationship with them Antonym : serious:
She will never be more than a casual acquaintance.
They had been conducting a casual affair for years.
John just wanted casual sex.

5. WITHOUT ATTENTION without any serious interest or attention:
He gave us a casual glance as he walked by, but didn’t stop.
To the casual observer (=to someone who is not looking carefully) Mary seemed quite calm.

6. NOT PLANNED [only before noun] happening by chance without being planned:
a casual conversation
He made some casual remark (=one without thinking much about it) about her holiday.

7. NOT REGULAR [only before noun] doing something or using something sometimes but not regularly or often Synonym : occasional:
a casual drug user
The museum is of great interest, both to experts and to casual visitors.
—casually adverb:
a casually dressed young man
‘Where do you work?’ she asked casually.
He walked down the road, casually swinging his bag.
—casualness noun [uncountable]

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

casual
adj.
VERBS appear, be, sound | become
ADV. extremely, very | almost She sounded almost casual.
fairly, quite, rather | apparently, seemingly | carefully, elaborately, studiedly There was something a little too carefully casual in his tone.
deceptively
PREP. about He was very casual about it all.

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

careless not paying enough attention to what you are doing, so that you make mistakes, damage things etc:
I made a few careless mistakes.
It was careless of you to leave your purse lying about.
He started getting careless about taking his medication.
clumsy often dropping or breaking things because you move around in a careless way:
I’m so clumsy, I spilt milk all over the floor.
a clumsy child
sloppy careless and lazy in the way you do your work or in your behaviour generally:
As a student, he was brilliant but sloppy.
I will not tolerate sloppy work.
reckless especially written doing dangerous or stupid things without thinking about your own or other people’s safety:
The driver of the car was arrested for reckless driving.
His actions showed a reckless disregard for human life.
irresponsible careless in a way that might affect other people, especially when you should be taking care of them:
It’s irresponsible for parents to let their children smoke.
his irresponsible attitude to keeping animals
tactless carelessly saying something that upsets or embarrasses someone, without intending to do this:
He kept making tactless remarks about her appearance.
a tactless question
I thought it would be tactless to ask about her divorce.
casual not being careful enough about something and treating it as though it is not important:
He seems to have a very casual attitude towards his work.
She disliked the casual way in which he made decisions affecting other people’s lives.
negligent careless about something that you are responsible for, so that serious mistakes are made – used especially when someone will be officially punished for this:
The doctor was negligent in using the wrong type of needle.
They found him guilty of negligent conduct.

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