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.

What does it mean to be castaways?

1 : thrown away : rejected. 2a : cast adrift or ashore as a survivor of a shipwreck. b : thrown out or left without friends or resources.

What is another word for castaway?

In this page you can discover 18 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for castaway, like: derelict, maroon, leper, outcast, outcaste, outlaw, pariah, reprobate, shipwreck, waif and shipwreck survivor.