Antonyms for casual
ˈkæʒ u əlca·su·al

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1. casualadjective

   Antonyms:
   scheduled, formal

   Synonyms:
   fortuitous, accidental, occasional, incidental

2. casualadjective

   Happening by chance.

   They only had casual meetings.

   Antonyms:
   formal, scheduled

   Synonyms:
   occasional, incidental, fortuitous, accidental

3. casualadjective

   Coming without regularity; occasional or incidental.

   The purchase of donuts were just casual expenses.

   Antonyms:
   formal, scheduled

   Synonyms:
   incidental, fortuitous, occasional, accidental

4. casualadjective

   Employed irregularly

   He was just a casual worker.

   Antonyms:
   scheduled, formal

   Synonyms:
   accidental, incidental, fortuitous, occasional

5. casualadjective

   Careless.

   Antonyms:
   formal, scheduled

   Synonyms:
   fortuitous, occasional, accidental, incidental

6. casualadjective

   Happening or coming to pass without design.

   Antonyms:
   formal, scheduled

   Synonyms:
   occasional, accidental, fortuitous, incidental

7. casualadjective

   Informal, relaxed.

   Antonyms:
   scheduled, formal

   Synonyms:
   fortuitous, occasional, accidental, incidental

8. casualadjective

   Designed for informal use.

   Synonyms:
   occasional, fortuitous, accidental, incidental

   Antonyms:
   scheduled, formal

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. casual

   Antonyms:
   congenital, essential, immanent, inborn, inbred, indispensable, indwelling, infixed, ingrained, inherent, inhering, innate, inseparable, internal, intrinsic, inwrought, native, natural, subjective

   Synonyms:
   accidental, external, extrinsic, fortuitous, incidental, outward, subsidiary, superadded, superficial, superfluous, superimposed, supplemental, transient, unconnected

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:1.0 / 1 vote

1. casual

   Antonyms:
   regular, ordinary, systematic, periodic, certain, fixed

   Synonyms:
   accidental, occasional, incidental, contingent, unforeseen, fortuitous

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:4.0 / 4 votes

1. casual, insouciant, nonchalantadjective

   marked by blithe unconcern

   "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:
   formal, hard, regular, heavy, planned, difficult, concerned, careful

   Synonyms:
   daily, effortless, free-and-easy, passing(a), fooling, nonchalant, chance(a), cursory, insouciant, occasional, perfunctory, everyday

2. casualadjective

   without or seeming to be without plan or method; offhand

   "a casual remark"; "information collected by casual methods and in their spare time"

   Antonyms:
   hard, careful, planned, concerned, heavy, formal, regular, difficult

   Synonyms:
   daily, effortless, free-and-easy, passing(a), fooling, nonchalant, chance(a), cursory, insouciant, occasional, perfunctory, everyday

3. casual, everyday, dailyadjective

   appropriate for ordinary or routine occasions

   "casual clothes"; "everyday clothes"

   Antonyms:
   careful, planned, hard, concerned, regular, heavy, formal, difficult

   Synonyms:
   routine, occasional, passing(a), everyday, effortless, cursory, fooling, day-by-day, quotidian, daily, chance(a), free-and-easy, nonchalant, day-after-day, day-to-day, workaday, unremarkable, perfunctory, insouciant, mundane

4. casual, chance(a)adjective

   occurring or appearing or singled out by chance

   "seek help from casual passers-by"; "a casual meeting"; "a chance occurrence"

   Antonyms:
   regular, heavy, formal, hard, difficult, planned, concerned, careful

5. casual, cursory, passing(a), perfunctoryadjective

   hasty and without attention to detail; not thorough

   "a casual (or cursory) inspection failed to reveal the house's structural flaws"; "a passing glance"; "perfunctory courtesy"

   Antonyms:
   hard, difficult, formal, heavy, careful, planned, concerned, regular

6. casual, occasionaladjective

   occurring from time to time

   "casual employment"; "a casual correspondence with a former teacher"; "an occasional worker"

   Antonyms:
   planned, concerned, regular, difficult, heavy, hard, careful, formal

   Synonyms:
   daily, effortless, free-and-easy, passing(a), fooling, episodic, nonchalant, chance(a), occasional(a), cursory, insouciant, periodic, occasional, perfunctory, everyday

7. fooling, casualadjective

   characterized by a feeling of irresponsibility

   "a broken back is nothing to be casual about; it is no fooling matter"

   Antonyms:
   regular, heavy, planned, concerned, careful, formal, difficult, hard

   Synonyms:
   daily, effortless, free-and-easy, passing(a), fooling, nonchalant, chance(a), cursory, insouciant, occasional, perfunctory, everyday

8. free-and-easy, casualadjective

   natural and unstudied

   "using their Christian names in a casual way"; "lectured in a free-and-easy style"

   Antonyms:
   concerned, planned, hard, formal, difficult, heavy, regular, careful

   Synonyms:
   daily, effortless, free-and-easy, passing(a), fooling, nonchalant, chance(a), cursory, insouciant, occasional, perfunctory, everyday

9. casual, effortlessadjective

   not showing effort or strain

   "a difficult feat performed with casual mastery"; "careless grace"

   Antonyms:
   formal, difficult, concerned, careful, regular, planned, hard, heavy

   Synonyms:
   daily, effortless, free-and-easy, passing(a), fooling, nonchalant, chance(a), cursory, insouciant, occasional, perfunctory, everyday

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1. casualadjective

   Synonyms:
   chance, accidental, fortuitous, contingent

How to use casual in a sentence?

1. Mark Fleischman:

   He invited me to open a Studio 54 in Madrid, it was a casual thing. I should have jumped on it… I guess he could have helped me. I wish I had taken his offer.

2. Denver Mayor Michael Hancock:

   Six years ago, when Detective Leslie Branch-Wise was on my detail, we became friends, and I blurred the lines between being a friend and being a boss. Our text exchanges became too casual, too familiar, and last week I learned, after six years, that they hurt her and offended her ….

3. Steve Vladeck:

   If it's purely a question of who's louder, the campaign -- with a casual relationship with the truth -- can take advantage of the mechanics of judicial proceedings to spin a narrative of how the proceedings are going, but only for so long.

4. Durga Moparti:

   I think he just went for a casual walk because one of my family members actually saw him walking down the road.

5. Bahram Baloch:

   Nations are never destroyed due to casual accidents. They are destroyed when their congregation perception ends.

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