castaway

Meaning

Adj

1. (not-comparable) Cast adrift or ashore; marooned.
2. (not-comparable) Shipwrecked.
3. (not-comparable) Cast out; rejected or excluded from a group.

Noun

1. A shipwrecked sailor.
2. A discarded person or thing.
3. An outcast; someone cast out of a group or society.

Synonyms

outcast

throw

throw away

abandon

shipwreck survivor

Ishmael

pariah

reject

stranded

shipwrecked sailor

shipwrecked man

castoff

derelict

leper

maroon

reprobate

repudiate

spurn

Translations

naufragé

naufrago

náufrago

náufrago

Schiffbrüchiger

schipbreukeling

ναυαγός

desechado

verworfen

serseri

naufragée

paria

intouchable

Schiffbrüchige

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈkæs.tə.weɪ/

Etymology

Deverbal from cast away.