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Castaway

Castaway Meaning & Definition
Castaway Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Castaway?

[n] a shipwrecked person
[n] a person who is rejected (from society or home)
[adj] suffering the misfortune of shipwreck; "shipwrecked sailors"; "castaways marooned on a desert island"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Castaway: Ishmael | outcast | pariah | shipwreck survivor | shipwrecked | unfortunate

Related Terms | Find terms related to Castaway: abandoned | aground | castoff | cast-off | declasse | deep six | derelict | deserted | discard | discarded | discarding | disowned | displaced person | disposal | disused | dogie | DP | dumping | elimination | evictee | exile | expatriate | expellee | flotsam | flotsam and jetsam | forsaken | foundered | foundling | grounded | high and dry | Ishmael | 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

See Also | abandoned person | Harijan | heretic | leper | misbeliever | religious outcast | unfortunate | unfortunate person | untouchable

Castaway In Webster's Dictionary

\Cast"a*way\, n. 1. One who, or that which, is cast away or shipwrecked. 2. One who is ruined; one who has made moral shipwreck; a reprobate. Lest . . . when I have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway. --1 Cor. ix. 27.
\Cast"a*way\, a. Of no value; rejected; useless.

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