casual
casual is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 2 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.Coming without regularity; occasional; incidental; as, casual expenses. A constant habit, rather than a casual gesture. Hawthorne. See Accidental.
- 2.One who receives relief for a night in a parish to which he does not belong; a vagrant.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Synonyms (Webster's 1913)
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- accord
- acquaintance
- advocate
- all
- ally
- alter
- ambo
- amigo
- and
- associate
- autocratic
- auxiliary
- bedfellow
- best
- bid
- boon
- bosom
- chamber
- childhood
- choice
- chum
- classman
- classmate
- colleague
- companion
- compatriot
- compeer
- comrade
- confidante
- confrere
- copartner
- countryman
- crony
- deliberately
- discretion
- discretional
- discretionary
- divine
- ego
- est
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
Related questions
Reverse-dictionary questions
Definition-first questions whose answer is casual.
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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