Castaway \Cast"a*way\, n.
1. One who, or that which, is cast away or shipwrecked.
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2. One who is ruined; one who has made moral shipwreck; a
reprobate.
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Lest . . . when I have preached to others, I myself
should be a castaway. --1 Cor. ix.
27.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Castaway \Cast"a*way\, a.
Of no value; rejected; useless.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
castaway
adj 1: suffering the misfortune of shipwreck; "shipwrecked
sailors"; "castaways marooned on a desert island"
[syn: shipwrecked]
2: cast off as valueless [syn: castaway(a), rejected]
n 1: a person who is rejected (from society or home) [syn: outcast,
pariah, Ishmael]
2: a shipwrecked person [syn: shipwreck survivor]
WordNet (r) 2.0
74 Moby Thesaurus words for "castaway":
DP, Ishmael, abandoned, aground, cast-off, castoff, declasse,
deep six, derelict, deserted, discard, discarded, discarding,
disowned, displaced person, disposal, disused, dogie, dumping,
elimination, evictee, exile, expatriate, expellee, flotsam,
flotsam and jetsam, forsaken, foundered, foundling, grounded,
high and dry, 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
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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.).
Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
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