DICTOMETER

CASUAL

(casual, fortuito, incidental, ocasional, tilfeldig)

1. Synonyms:
   • Casual
   • Insouciant
   • Nonchalant
   Definitions:
   • marked by blithe unconcern
   Examples:
   • 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
   Antonyms:
   • Concerned
   
   
   
2. Synonyms:
   • Casual
   Definitions:
   • without or seeming to be without plan or method
   • offhand
   Examples:
   • A casual remark
   • Information collected by casual methods and in their spare time
   Antonyms:
   • Planned
   
   
   
3. Synonyms:
   • Casual
   • Everyday
   • Daily
   Definitions:
   • appropriate for ordinary or routine occasions
   Examples:
   • Casual clothes
   • Everyday clothes
   Antonyms:
   • Formal
   
   
   
4. Synonyms:
   • Casual
   • Chance
   Definitions:
   • occurring or appearing or singled out by chance
   Examples:
   • Seek help from casual passers-by
   • A casual meeting
   • A chance occurrence
   Antonyms:
   • Planned
   
   
   
5. Synonyms:
   • Casual
   • Cursory
   • Passing
   • Perfunctory
   Definitions:
   • hasty and without attention to detail
   • not thorough
   Examples:
   • A casual (or cursory) inspection failed to reveal the house's structural flaws
   • A passing glance
   • Perfunctory courtesy
   Antonyms:
   • Careful
   
   
   
6. Synonyms:
   • Casual
   • Occasional
   Definitions:
   • occurring from time to time
   Examples:
   • Casual employment
   • A casual correspondence with a former teacher
   • An occasional worker
   Antonyms:
   • Regular
   
   
   
7. Synonyms:
   • Fooling
   • Casual
   Definitions:
   • characterized by a feeling of irresponsibility
   Examples:
   • A broken back is nothing to be casual about
   • It is no fooling matter
   Antonyms:
   • Heavy
   
   
   
8. Synonyms:
   • Free-and-easy
   • Casual
   Definitions:
   • natural and unstudied
   Examples:
   • Using their Christian names in a casual way
   • Lectured in a free-and-easy style
   Antonyms:
   • Formal
   
   
   
9. Synonyms:
   • Casual
   • Effortless
   Definitions:
   • not showing effort or strain
   Examples:
   • A difficult feat performed with casual mastery
   • Careless grace
   Antonyms:
   • Difficult
   • Hard