Definition of casual
Adjectives
marked by blithe unconcern
"an ability to interest casual students"
"showed a casual disregard for cold weather"
- Synonyms:
- insouciant, nonchalant
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unconcerned
lacking in interest or care or feeling
without or seeming to be without plan or method; offhand
"a casual remark"
"information collected by casual methods and in their spare time"
- Synonyms:
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unplanned
without apparent forethought or prompting or planning
appropriate for ordinary or routine occasions
"casual clothes"
occurring or appearing or singled out by chance
"seek help from casual passers-by"
"a casual meeting"
hasty and without attention to detail; not thorough
"a casual (or cursory) inspection failed to reveal the house's structural flaws"
- Synonyms:
- cursory, passing, perfunctory
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careless
marked by lack of attention or consideration or forethought or thoroughness; not careful
occurring from time to time
"casual employment"
"a casual correspondence with a former teacher"
- Synonyms:
- occasional
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irregular
contrary to rule or accepted order or general practice
characterized by a feeling of irresponsibility
"a broken back is nothing to be casual about
natural and unstudied
"using their Christian names in a casual way"
- Synonyms:
- free-and-easy
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informal
not formal
not showing effort or strain
"a difficult feat performed with casual mastery"
- Synonyms:
- effortless
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easy
posing no difficulty; requiring little effort
Vocabulary Lists for casual
Nathaniel Hawthorne's "The Scarlet Letter" Chapters 8-15 »(708 words)
Vocabulary study list for Nathaniel Hawthorne's "The...
- premeditate
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- endue
Nathaniel Hawthorne's "The Scarlet Letter" Intro + Chapters 1-7 »(650 words)
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- embroider
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- decapitate
- scaffold
Nathaniel Hawthorne's "The Scarlet Letter" Chapters 16-24 »(619 words)
Vocabulary study list for Nathaniel Hawthorne's "The...
- estranged
- scaffold
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F. Scott Fitzgerald's "The Great Gatsby" Chapters 1-5 »(307 words)
Vocabulary study list for F. Scott Fitzgerald's "The...
- domesticate
- tantalize
- amputate
- exhilarate
- responsiveness
William Golding's "Lord of the Flies" Chapters 7-12 »(172 words)
Vocabulary study list for William Golding's "Lord of...
- ensconce
- refocus
- uncommunicative
- identifiable
- illusive
J.D. Salinger's "Catcher in the Rye" Chapters 15-26 »(69 words)
Vocabulary study list for J.D. Salinger's "Catcher in...
- nauseate
- raspy
- suffocate
- blase
- inane