Library / English Dictionary

CASTAWAY

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A shipwrecked person

Synonyms:

castaway; shipwreck survivor

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("castaway" is a kind of...):

abandoned person (someone for whom hope has been abandoned)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A person who is rejected (from society or home)

Synonyms:

castaway; Ishmael; outcast; pariah

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("castaway" is a kind of...):

unfortunate; unfortunate person (a person who suffers misfortune)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "castaway"):

heretic; misbeliever; religious outcast (a person who holds religious beliefs in conflict with the dogma of the Roman Catholic Church)

leper (a pariah who is avoided by others)

Harijan; untouchable (belongs to lowest social and ritual class in India)

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