Castaway

Quick meaning: Castaway is an adjective meaning Cast adrift or ashore; marooned.

Meaning

Cast adrift or ashore; marooned.

More Meanings

1. Shipwrecked.
2. Cast out; rejected or excluded from a group.
3. (nautical) A shipwrecked sailor.
4. A discarded person or thing.
5. An outcast; someone cast out of a group or society.

Example Sentences

These homeless people are society's castaways.

Robinson Crusoe was a famous fictional castaway.

This old coat was a castaway in someone's trash.

The storm left them castaway on an uninhabited island.

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Synonyms for castaway

Depending on context, synonyms include pariah, unfortunate, outcast, rejected, shipwrecked.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include shipwrecked, outcast, forsaken, unfortunate, pariah, rejected.

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