Meanings
adjectivecastaway (not comparable)
- not comparableCast out; rejected or excluded from a group.
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna person who is rejected (from society or home)
Broader
unfortunateunfortunate person
nouna shipwrecked person
Similar
shipwreck survivor
Broader
abandoned person
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Deverbal from cast away.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian корабокрушенец, нещо изхвърлено
- корабокрушенец (korabokrušenec)nautical: shipwrecked sailor
- нещо изхвърлено (nešto izhvărleno)discarded person or thing
- прокуден (prokuden)someone cast out of a group or society
Catalan nàufrag
- nàufragnautical: shipwrecked sailor
Czech trosečník
- trosečníknautical: shipwrecked sailor
Dutch schipbreukeling, uitgestotene
- schipbreukelingnautical: shipwrecked sailor
- uitgestotenesomeone cast out of a group or society
Finnish haaksirikkoinen, hylkytavara
- haaksirikkoinennautical: shipwrecked sailor
- hylkytavaradiscarded person or thing
- hylkiödiscarded person or thing
- hylkiösomeone cast out of a group or society
French naufragé, naufragé
- naufragécast adrift
- naufragénautical: shipwrecked sailor
German Schiffbrüchiger, Fallengelassener
- Schiffbrüchigernautical: shipwrecked sailor
- Fallengelassenerdiscarded person or thing
- Abgewiesenerdiscarded person or thing
- Weggeworfenesdiscarded person or thing
- weggeworfener Gegenstanddiscarded person or thing
- Wegwurfdiscarded person or thing
- Ausgestoßenersomeone cast out of a group or society
Hebrew פסולת
- פסולתdiscarded person or thing
Hindi अपवाहित
- अपवाहित (apvāhit)cast adrift
Hungarian hajótörött, kitaszított
- hajótöröttnautical: shipwrecked sailor
- kitaszítottdiscarded person or thing
Italian naufrago
- naufragonautical: shipwrecked sailor
Māori rurenga, rurenga
- rurengacast adrift
- rurengadiscarded person or thing
- parurangadiscarded person or thing
- rurengasomeone cast out of a group or society
Polish rozbity, rozbitek
- rozbitycast adrift
- rozbiteknautical: shipwrecked sailor
- śmiećdiscarded person or thing
- wyrzuteksomeone cast out of a group or society
- outsidersomeone cast out of a group or society
- outsiderkasomeone cast out of a group or society
Portuguese náufrago
- náufragonautical: shipwrecked sailor
Romanian naufragiat, vas naufragiat
- naufragiatcast adrift
- vas naufragiatnautical: shipwrecked sailor
Russian потерпе́вший кораблекруше́ние, вы́брошенный
- потерпе́вший кораблекруше́ние (poterpévšij korablekrušénije)nautical: shipwrecked sailor
- вы́брошенный (výbrošennyj)discarded person or thing
- вы́кинутый (výkinutyj)discarded person or thing
- па́рия (párija)someone cast out of a group or society
- изгна́нник (izgnánnik)someone cast out of a group or society
- изгна́нница (izgnánnica)someone cast out of a group or society
- изго́й (izgój)someone cast out of a group or society
- отве́рженный (otvéržennyj)someone cast out of a group or society
Spanish náufrago, apestado
- náufragonautical: shipwrecked sailor
- apestadosomeone cast out of a group or society
- apestadasomeone cast out of a group or society
- marginadosomeone cast out of a group or society
- marginadasomeone cast out of a group or society
Cite this entry
APA
castaway. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/castaway
MLA
“castaway.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/castaway. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “castaway,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/castaway.
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