Castaway

/ˈkæs.tə.weɪ/

Synonyms for "castaway" (90 found)

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Closest matches (18)

Noun(4 words)
shipwreck survivorcrusoediscardeddiscarded item

Strong matches (27)

Related words (45)

lepermaroonedon the rocksorphanoutcastoutcast of societyoutcasteoutlawoutside the gatesoutside the palepariahpersona non gratarefuserejectrejectamentarejectedrejectionremovalrubbishscrapping
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set fastshipwreckedsocial outcaststrandedstuckstuck fastswampedthrowawaytrashunacceptable personundesirableuntouchablewaifwaifs and strayswastrelwrecked

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

5 relation types

More general

14 entries
abandoned personartifactconditiondesertionfigurative usagehuman beingisolationlinguistic extensionmetaphorobjectpersonstateunfortunateunfortunate person

More specific

8 entries
castaway conceptcastaway metaphordiscarded objectisland castawaymarooned personopen sea castawayshipwreck survivortrash item

Collocations

8 entries
castaway beachcastaway islandcastaway lifecastaway narrativecastaway settingcastaway storycastaway survivorisland castaway

Inflections

3 entries
castawaysmore castawaymost castaway

Derivations

2 entries
cast awaycastawayness

Sample sentences

8 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

I am just a castaway on an island lost at sea.

Source: tatoeba (25500)

Tom is a castaway.

Source: tatoeba (1487091)

I was more cut off than a castaway on a raft in the middle of the ocean.

Source: tatoeba (8987826)

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

Source: wiktionary

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