casual, insouciant, nonchalant (adj)

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"

casual (adj)

without or seeming to be without plan or method; offhand

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

casual, everyday, daily (adj)

appropriate for ordinary or routine occasions

"casual clothes"; "everyday clothes"

casual, chance(a) (adj)

occurring or appearing or singled out by chance

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

casual, cursory, passing(a), perfunctory (adj)

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"

casual, occasional (adj)

occurring from time to time

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

fooling, casual (adj)

characterized by a feeling of irresponsibility

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

free-and-easy, casual (adj)

natural and unstudied

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

casual, effortless (adj)

not showing effort or strain

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

casual (Noun)

A worker who is only working for a company occasionally, not as its permanent employee.

casual (Noun)

A soldier temporarily at a place of duty, usually en route to another place of duty.

casual (Noun)

A member of a group of football hooligans who wear expensive designer clothing to avoid police attention; see .

casual (Adjective)

Happening by chance.

casual (Adjective)

Coming without regularity; occasional or incidental.

casual (Adjective)

Employed irregularly

casual (Adjective)

Careless.

casual (Adjective)

Happening or coming to pass without design.

casual (Adjective)

Informal, relaxed.

casual (Adjective)

Designed for informal use.

Casual

In the European tradition, casual is the dress code that emphasizes comfort and personal expression over presentation and uniformity. It is popular amongst casuals and hipsters. It includes a very wide variety of costume, so it is perhaps better defined by what it is not than what it is. The following are not considered casual wear: ⁕Ceremonial dress such as royal robes and full dress military costume ⁕Formal wear such as white tie and black tie ⁕Business professional wear such as suits and ties. Blue jeans and a T-shirt have been described as the "casual uniform". With the popularity of spectator sports in the late 20th century, a good deal of athletic gear has influenced casual wear. Clothing worn for manual labor also falls into casual wear. While utilitarian costume comes to mind first for casual dress, however, there is also a wide range of flamboyance and theatricality. Punk costume is a striking example. Madonna introduced a great deal of lace, jewelry, and cosmetics into casual wear during the 1980s. More recently, hip hop fashion has played up elaborate jewelry and luxurious materials worn in conjunction with athletic gear and the clothing of manual labor. Casual wear is typically the dress code in which new forms of gender expression are attempted before being accepted into semi-casual or semi-formal situations. An obvious example is masculine jewelry, which was once considered shocking or titillating even in casual circles, and is now hardly noteworthy in semi-formal situations. Amelia Bloomer introduced trousers for women as a casual alternative to formal hoops and skirts. In a recent mirror image, sarongs and other skirts have been embraced by a few men of the European tradition as a casual alternative to formal trousers. Both of these innovations caused great embarrassment in formal circles.