Casual vs. Insouciance

Casualadjective

Happening by chance.

‘They only had casual meetings.’;

Insouciancenoun

carelessness, heedlessness, indifference, or casual unconcern

Casualadjective

Coming without regularity; occasional or incidental.

‘The purchase of donuts was just a casual expense.’;

Insouciancenoun

nonchalance

Casualadjective

Employed irregularly.

‘He was just a casual worker.’;

Insouciancenoun

Carelessness; heedlessness; thoughtlessness; unconcern.

Casualadjective

Careless.

Insouciancenoun

the cheerful feeling you have when nothing is troubling you

Casualadjective

Happening or coming to pass without design.

Casualadjective

Informal, relaxed.

Casualadjective

Designed for informal or everyday use.

Casualnoun

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

Casualnoun

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

Casualnoun

(UK) A member of a group of football hooligans who wear expensive designer clothing to avoid police attention; see Casual (subculture).

Casualnoun

One who receives relief for a night in a parish to which he does not belong; a vagrant.

Casualnoun

A player of casual games.

‘The devs dumbed the game down so the casuals could enjoy it.’;

Casualnoun

(dated) A tramp.

Casualadjective

Happening or coming to pass without design, and without being foreseen or expected; accidental; fortuitous; coming by chance.

‘Casual breaks, in the general system.’;

Casualadjective

Coming without regularity; occasional; incidental; as, casual expenses.

‘A constant habit, rather than a casual gesture.’;

Casualnoun

One who receives relief for a night in a parish to which he does not belong; a vagrant.

Casualadjective

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’;

Casualadjective

without or seeming to be without plan or method; offhand;

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

Casualadjective

suited for everyday use;

‘casual clothes’; ‘everyday clothes’;

Casualadjective

occurring or appearing or singled out by chance;

‘their accidental meeting led to a renewal of their friendship’; ‘seek help from casual passers-by’; ‘a casual meeting’; ‘a chance occurrence’;

Casualadjective

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’;

Casualadjective

employed in a specified capacity from time to time;

‘casual employment’; ‘a casual correspondence with a former teacher’; ‘an occasional worker’;

Casualadjective

characterized by a feeling of irresponsibility;

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

Casualadjective

natural and unstudied;

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

Casualadjective

not showing effort or strain;

‘a difficult feat performed with casual mastery’; ‘careless grace’;

Casualadjective

relaxed and unconcerned

‘a casual attitude to life’;

Casualadjective

made or done without much thought or premeditation

‘a casual remark’;

Casualadjective

done or acting in a desultory way

‘to the casual observer, rugby looks something like football’;

Casualadjective

done or acting without sufficient care or thoroughness

‘the casual way in which victims were treated’;

Casualadjective

not regular or permanent.

Casualadjective

employed or established on a temporary or irregular basis

‘a casual worker’; ‘casual jobs’;

Casualadjective

(of a sexual relationship or encounter) occurring between people who are not regular or established sexual partners

‘they don't do one-night stands or casual flings’;

Casualadjective

happening by chance; accidental

‘he pretended it was a casual meeting’;

Casualadjective

without formality of style or manner, in particular (of clothing) suitable for everyday wear rather than formal occasions

‘an ideal coat for casual occasions’; ‘a casual short-sleeved shirt’;

Casualnoun

a person who does something irregularly

‘a number of casuals became regular customers’;

Casualnoun

a worker employed on an irregular or temporary basis

‘the business employs eight full-time sales staff and ten casuals’;

Casualnoun

a person admitted to a workhouse for a short period.

Casualnoun

clothes or shoes suitable for everyday wear rather than formal occasions

‘she designs women's casuals’;

Casualnoun

a youth belonging to a subculture characterized by the wearing of expensive casual clothing and frequently associated with football hooliganism.