castaway

castaway
Synonyms and related words:
DP, Ishmael, abandoned, aground, cast-off, castoff, declasse, deep six, derelict, deserted, discard, discarded, discarding, disowned, displaced person, disposal, disused, dogie, dumping, elimination, evictee, exile, expatriate, expellee, flotsam, flotsam and jetsam, forsaken, foundered, foundling, grounded, high and dry, jetsam, jettison, jettisoned, junk, junking, lagan, left, leper, marooned, on the rocks, orphan, outcast, outcast of society, outcaste, outlaw, outside the gates, outside the pale, pariah, persona non grata, refuse, reject, rejectamenta, rejected, rejection, removal, rubbish, scrapping, set fast, shipwrecked, social outcast, stranded, stuck, stuck fast, swamped, throwaway, trash, unacceptable person, undesirable, untouchable, waif, waifs and strays, wastrel, wrecked

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  • Castaway — Cast a*way, n. 1. One who, or that which, is cast away or shipwrecked. [1913 Webster] 2. One who is ruined; one who has made moral shipwreck; a reprobate. [1913 Webster] Lest . . . when I have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway. 1… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Castaway — bezeichnet: Castaway – Die Insel, einen Spielfilm von Regisseur Nicolas Roeg von 1987 Cast Away – Verschollen, einen Spielfilm von Regisseur Robert Zemeckis von 2000 Diese Seite ist eine …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Castaway — Cast a*way, a. Of no value; rejected; useless. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • castaway — index derelict (abandoned), discard, orphan, pariah Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • castaway — (n.) late 15c., one who is rejected, from CAST (Cf. cast) (v.) + AWAY (Cf. away). Specific sense one adrift at sea is from 1799. The adjective is first recorded 1540s …   Etymology dictionary

  • castaway — n derelict, *outcast, reprobate, pariah, untouchable …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • castaway — ► NOUN ▪ a person who has been shipwrecked and stranded in an isolated place …   English terms dictionary

  • castaway — [kas′tə wā΄] n. 1. a person or thing cast out or off, esp. an outcast 2. a shipwrecked person adj. 1. thrown away; discarded 2. cast adrift or stranded, as by shipwreck …   English World dictionary

  • Castaway — A castaway is a person who is cast adrift or ashore. While the situation usually happens after a shipwreck, some people voluntarily stay behind on a deserted island either to evade their captors or the world in general. Alternatively a person or… …   Wikipedia

  • castaway — 1. adjective /ˈkæ.stə.weɪ/ a) Cast adrift or ashore; marooned. After the mutiny, the castaway ships officers suffered a month at sea in the lifeboat. b) Shipwrecked. The storm left them castaway on an uninhabited island. 2 …   Wiktionary

  • castaway — UK [ˈkɑːstəˌweɪ] / US [ˈkæstəˌweɪ] noun [countable] Word forms castaway : singular castaway plural castaways someone whose ship has sunk and who is left on an island or beach where there are no other people …   English dictionary

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