Entry Word: casual

Function: adjective

Meaning: 1 not designed for special occasions <a restaurant where people in casual clothes are always welcome>

Synonyms everyday, informal, workaday

Related Words sporty; shabby, sloppy, slovenly, unkempt

Near Antonyms best, Sunday; chic, elegant, fashionable, smart, stylish; neat, tidy, trim; semiformal

Antonyms dressy, formal

2 happening by chance <a casual meeting with the next-door neighbors on a beach in Hawaii> — see accidental
3 having or showing a lack of interest or concern <only a casual examination of the bicycle before buying it> — see indifferent 1
4 lacking in steadiness or regularity of occurrence <a casual attendance at their sonʼs hockey games> — see fitful