Dictionary

casual

Pronunciation

(RP) IPA: /ˈkaʒuəl/, /ˈkaʒjuəl/, /ˈkazjuəl/, /ˈkaʒəl/
(GA) IPA: /ˈkæʒuəl/, /ˈkæʒwəl/, /ˈkæʒəl/
(New Zealand) IPA: /ˈkɛʒʉɘl/, /ˈkɛʒɘl/
(obsolete) IPA: /-uæl/

Adjective

casual

Happening by chance.
- casual breaks, in the general system
They only had casual meetings.
Coming without regularity; occasional or incidental.
- a constant habit, rather than a casual gesture
The purchase of donuts was just a casual expense.
Employed irregularly.
He was just a casual worker.
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.
Happening or coming to pass without design.
- 2012, Jeff Miller, Grown at Glen Garden: Ben Hogan, Byron Nelson, and the Little Texas Golf Course that Propelled Them to Stardom
  Hogan assumed the entire creek bed was to be played as a casual hazard, moved his ball out and assessed himself a one-stroke penalty.
Informal, relaxed.
Designed for informal or everyday use.

Synonyms

(happening by chance) accidental, fortuitous, incidental, occasional, random; see also Thesaurus:accidental
(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

French: fortuit, accidentel, de hasard
German: zufällig, beiläufig
Portuguese: casual, fortuito, ocasional
Russian: случа́йный
Spanish: casual, ocasional, accidental

Translations

French: occasionnel
German: gelegentlich
Portuguese: casual
Russian: случа́йный
Spanish: ocasional

Translations

German: gelegentlich
Russian: вре́менный
Spanish: ocasional

Translations

French: désinvolte
German: gleichgültig
Italian: noncurante
Russian: небре́жный
Spanish: indiferente

Translations

German: unmethodisch
Russian: непреднаме́ренный

Translations

German: ungezwungen, leger, informell
Portuguese: casual
Russian: неофициа́льный
Spanish: informal, desenfadado

Translations

French: sport, décontracté
German: leger, sportlich, ungezwungen
Portuguese: casual
Russian: повседне́вный
Spanish: deportivo (clothing)

Noun

casual (plural casuals)

(British, Australian, NZ) A worker who is only working for a company occasionally, not as its permanent employee.
A soldier temporarily at a place of duty, usually en route to another place of duty.
(UK) A member of a group of football hooligans who wear expensive designer clothing to avoid police attention; see casual (subculture).
One who receives relief for a night in a parish to which he does not belong; a vagrant.
(video games, informal, derogatory) A player of casual games.
The devs dumbed the game down so the casuals could enjoy it.
(fandom slang) A person whose engagement with media is relaxed or superficial.
- 1972, Lee C. Garrison, "The Needs of Motion Picture Audiences", California Management Review, Volume 15, Issue 2, Winter 1972, page 149:
  Casuals outnumbered regulars in the art-house audience two to one.
- 2010, Jennifer Gillan, Television and New Media: Must-Click TV, page 16 ↗:
  Most often, when a series is marketed toward casuals, the loyals feel that their interests and needs are not being met.
- 2018, E. J. Nielsen, "The Gay Elephant Meta in the Room: Sherlock and the Johnlock Conspiracy", in Queerbaiting and Fandom: Teasing Fans Through Homoerotic Possibilities (ed. Joseph Brennan), page 91 ↗:
  Treating a gay relationship as a puzzle that must be pursued by the clever viewers and hidden from “casuals” until a narrative reveal at the eleventh hour seems antithetical to the idea of normalized representation that TJLCers claim as the main reason they want Johnlock to be canon, […]
(British, dated) A tramp.

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