What does castaway mean?
Castaway means Cast adrift or ashore; marooned..
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/ˈkæs.tə.weɪ/ · adjective
Cast adrift or ashore; marooned..
After the mutiny, the castaway ship's officers suffered a month at sea in the lifeboat.
The storm left them castaway on an uninhabited island.
Robinson Crusoe was a famous fictional castaway.
This old coat was a castaway in someone's trash.
These homeless people are society's castaways.
Use castaway when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Castaway means Cast adrift or ashore; marooned..
Common synonyms include pariah, unfortunate, outcast, rejected.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
After the mutiny, the castaway ship's officers suffered a month at sea in the lifeboat.
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