1. Appropriate for ordinary or routine occasions
   "casual clothes";
   - everyday, daily
    
2. Without or seeming to be without plan or method; offhand
   "a casual remark"; "information collected by casual methods and in their spare time"
    
3. Natural and unstudied
   "using their Christian names in a casual way";
   - free-and-easy
    
4. Not showing effort or strain
   "casual grace"; "a difficult feat performed with casual mastery";
   - effortless
    
5. Marked by blithe unconcern
   "an ability to interest casual students"; "showed a casual disregard for cold weather";
   - insouciant, nonchalant
    
6. Occurring, appearing or singled out by chance
   "seek help from casual passers-by"; "a casual meeting";
   - chance
    
7. Hasty and without attention to detail; not thorough
   "a casual inspection failed to reveal the house's structural flaws";
   - cursory, passing, perfunctory, superficial
    
8. Not regular; working on an informal or ad hoc basis
   "casual employment"; "a casual correspondence with a former teacher";
   - occasional
    
9. Characterized by a feeling of irresponsibility
   "a broken back is nothing to be casual about; it is no fooling matter";
   - fooling

1. A worker (especially in an office) hired on a temporary basis
   "The company hired several casuals to handle the increased workload during the holiday season";
   - temp [informal], temporary, temporary worker, casual worker

Derived forms: casuals

See also: careless, cavalier, easy, informal, irregular, light, unconcerned, unplanned

Type of: worker

Encyclopedia: Casual