Definition of castaway Castaway

/kæˈstʌwejˌ/ - [kastuwey] - cast•a•way

We found 12 definitions of castaway from 5 different sources.

What does castaway mean?

Noun Plural: castaways
castaway - a shipwrecked person
		shipwreck survivor
castaway - a person who is rejected (from society or home)
		outcast, pariah, Ishmael
		unfortunate, unfortunate person a person who suffers misfortune
		misbeliever, religious outcast, heretic a person who holds religious beliefs in conflict with the dogma of the Roman Catholic Church
		leper a pariah who is avoided by others

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castaway (n.)
One who, or that which, is cast away or shipwrecked.
castaway (n.)
One who is ruined; one who has made moral shipwreck; a reprobate.
castaway (a.)
Of no value; rejected; useless.