Definitions for castaway
ˈkæst əˌweɪ, ˈkɑst-cast·away

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. outcast, castaway, pariah, Ishmaelnoun

   a person who is rejected (from society or home)

2. castaway, shipwreck survivornoun

   a shipwrecked person

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. castawaynoun

   A shipwrecked sailor.

   Robinson Crusoe was a famous fictional castaway.

2. castawaynoun

   A discarded person or thing.

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

3. castawaynoun

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

   These homeless people are society's castaways.

4. castawayadjective

   Cast adrift or ashore; marooned.

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

5. castawayadjective

   Shipwrecked.

   The storm left them castaway on an uninhabited island.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Castawayadjective

   Useless; of no value.

   Etymology: from the subst.

   We only prize, pamper, and exalt this vassal and slave of death, or only remember, at our castaway leisure, the imprisoned immortal soul. Walter Raleigh, History.

2. Castawaynoun

   A person lost, or abandoned by providence.

   Etymology: from cast and away.

   Neither given any leave to search in particular who are the heirs of the kingdom of God, who castaways. Richard Hooker, b. v.

   Lest that by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway. 1 Cor. ix. 27.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Castaway

   A castaway is a person who is cast adrift or ashore. While the situation usually happens after a shipwreck, some people voluntarily stay behind on a deserted island, either to evade captors or the world in general. A person may also be left ashore as punishment (marooned). The provisions and resources available to castaways may allow them to live on the island until other people arrive to take them off the island. However, such rescue missions may never happen if the person is not known to still be alive, if the fact that they are missing is unknown, or if the island is not mapped. These scenarios have given rise to the plots of numerous stories in the form of novels and film.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. castaway

   A castaway is a person who has been left stranded in an isolated place, especially on a deserted island, often as a result of a shipwreck or plane crash. They are left to survive on their own with limited resources.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Castawaynoun

   one who, or that which, is cast away or shipwrecked

2. Castawaynoun

   one who is ruined; one who has made moral shipwreck; a reprobate

3. Castawayadjective

   of no value; rejected; useless

WikidataRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Castaway

   A castaway is a person who is cast adrift or ashore. While the situation usually happens after a shipwreck, some people voluntarily stay behind on a deserted island, either to evade their captors or the world in general. Alternatively, a person or item can be cast away, meaning rejected or discarded. Note that when a person was left ashore as punishment, usually the term maroon was used. The provisions and resources available to castaways may allow them to live on the island until other people arrive to take them off the island. However, such rescue missions may never happen if the person is not known to still be alive, if the fact that they are missing is unknown or if the island is not mapped. These scenarios have given rise to the plots of numerous stories in the form of novels and film.

Matched Categories

1. • Abandoned Person
   • Unfortunate

How to pronounce castaway?

1. Alex

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   Mark

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   Daniel

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   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

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   Neerja

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   Zira

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   Oliver

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   Wendy

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   Fred

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of castaway in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of castaway in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of castaway in a Sentence

1. Steven Ferdman/Getty Images:

   You know how you’re so nervous your knees shake? That was me, sI was my first big job modeling so I definitely felt the pressure within me… But the morning of the shoot, I woke up around 4 a.m. and I just couldn’t eat. I remember just having a little coffee. I was too nervous to eat… We then took a boat to a small island, which is where they shot ‘Castaway.’ And honestly, once we started, I felt so comfortable, super confident and sexy. We got some good shots out of it.

2. Ric Gillespie:

   If we were continuing to excavate the castaway campsite at the southeast end of the atoll I would say that we could ‘expect’ to make further discoveries, it’s an established archaeological site where we know a castaway died - apparently female and of Earhart’s height and ethnic origin - and where we have found artifacts that speak of an American woman of the 1930s.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=castaway
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Castaway
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=castaway
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castaway
5. ^ ChatGPT
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6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/castaway
7. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=castaway