'Castaway' definitions:
Definition of 'castaway'
(from WordNet)
Definition of 'Castaway'
From: GCIDE
- Castaway \Cast"a*way\, n.
- 1. One who, or that which, is cast away or shipwrecked. [1913 Webster]
- 2. One who is ruined; one who has made moral shipwreck; a reprobate. [1913 Webster]
- Lest . . . when I have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway. --1 Cor. ix. 27. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Castaway'
From: GCIDE
- Castaway \Cast"a*way\, a. Of no value; rejected; useless. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'castaway'
From: Easton
- Castaway Gr. adokimos, (1 Cor. 9:27), one regarded as unworthy (R.V., "rejected"); elsewhere rendered "reprobate" (2 Tim. 3:8, etc.); "rejected" (Heb. 6:8, etc.).
Synonyms of 'castaway'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abandoned,
- aground,
- cast-off,
- castoff,
- declasse,
- deep six,
- derelict,
- deserted,
- discard,
- discarded,
- discarding,
- disowned,
- displaced person,
- disposal,
- disused,
- dogie,
- DP,
- dumping,
- elimination,
- evictee,
- exile,
- expatriate,
- expellee,
- flotsam,
- flotsam and jetsam,
- forsaken,
- foundered,
- foundling,
- grounded,
- high and dry,
- Ishmael,
- jetsam,
- jettison,
- jettisoned,
- junk,
- junking,
- lagan,
- left,
- leper,
- marooned,
- on the rocks,
- orphan,
- outcast,
- outcast of society,
- outcaste,
- outlaw,
- outside the gates,
- outside the pale,
- pariah,
- persona non grata,
- refuse,
- reject,
- rejectamenta,
- rejected,
- rejection,
- removal,
- rubbish,
- scrapping,
- set fast,
- shipwrecked,
- social outcast,
- stranded,
- stuck,
- stuck fast,
- swamped,
- throwaway,
- trash,
- unacceptable person,
- undesirable,
- untouchable,
- waif,
- waifs and strays,
- wastrel,
- wrecked