castaway

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Pronunciation

• enPR: kăʹstu̇wā IPA: /ˈkæ.stə.weɪ/

Adjective

castaway (not comparable)

1. Cast adrift or ashore; marooned.

   After the mutiny, the castaway ship's officers suffered a month at sea in the lifeboat.

2. Shipwrecked.

   The storm left them castaway on an uninhabited island.

3. Cast out; rejected or excluded from a group.

Noun

castaway (plural castaways)

1. (nautical) A shipwrecked sailor.

   Robinson Crusoe was a famous fictional castaway.

2. A discarded person or thing.

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

3. An outcast; someone cast out of a group or society.

   These homeless people are society's castaways.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:outcast

Related terms

• cast away

Translations

• French: naufragé
• German: Schiffsbrüchiger
• Italian: naufrago
• Portuguese: náufrago
• Russian: потерпе́вший кораблекруше́ние
• Spanish: náufrago

Translations

• Russian: вы́брошенный

Translations

• German: Ausgestoßene
• Russian: па́рия

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