casual

casual is a 6-letter English word with 12 senses as adjective and noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Happening or coming to pass without design, and without being foreseen or expected; accidental; fortuitous; coming by chance. Face value is 8 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

6 letters · Scrabble 8 · Words With Friends 11 · 12 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. Happening or coming to pass without design, and without being foreseen or expected; accidental; fortuitous; coming by chance.
2. adjective. Coming without regularity; occasional; incidental; as, casual expenses.
3. noun. One who receives relief for a night in a parish to which he does not belong; a vagrant.
4. adjective. hasty and without attention to detail; not thorough

   "a casual (or cursory) inspection failed to reveal the house's structural flaws"

   "a passing glance"

   Synonyms: cursory, passing, perfunctory

5. adjective. marked by blithe unconcern

   "an ability to interest casual students"

   "showed a casual disregard for cold weather"

   Synonyms: insouciant, nonchalant

6. adjective. not showing effort or strain

   "a difficult feat performed with casual mastery"

   "careless grace"

   Synonyms: effortless

7. adjective. appropriate for ordinary or routine occasions

   "casual clothes"

   "everyday clothes"

   Synonyms: daily, everyday

8. adjective. natural and unstudied

   "using their Christian names in a casual way"

   "lectured in a free-and-easy style"

9. adjective. characterized by a feeling of irresponsibility

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

   Synonyms: fooling

10. adjective. occurring or appearing or singled out by chance

    "seek help from casual passers-by"

    "a casual meeting"

    Synonyms: chance

11. adjective. without or seeming to be without plan or method; offhand

    "a casual remark"

    "information collected by casual methods and in their spare time"

12. adjective. occurring from time to time

    "casual employment"

    "a casual correspondence with a former teacher"

    Synonyms: occasional

Synonyms

cursory, passing, perfunctory, insouciant, nonchalant, effortless, daily, everyday, fooling, chance, occasional

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in casual:

calusa, casula, causal

Common word forms

casuals, casually, casuality, casualness

Words from these letters

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