Castaway
noun
A person who is left alone in a place where no people live, for example an uninhabited island.
He was a castaway on a deserted island for several years.
Often appears as...
- deserted island castaway
- shipwrecked castaway
adjective
Not wanted or considered to be of any more use.
He felt like a castaway toy after his parents divorced.
Often appears as...
- castaway toy
- castaway feelings
noun
A person who is rejected or dismissed from a social group.
He became a castaway when his friends found out about his crimes.
Often appears as...
- social castaway
- emotional castaway
noun
A person who is left alone in a place where no people live, for example an uninhabited island.
He was a castaway on a deserted island for several years.
Often appears as...
- deserted island castaway
- shipwrecked castaway
adjective
Not wanted or considered to be of any more use.
He felt like a castaway toy after his parents divorced.
Often appears as...
- castaway toy
- castaway feelings
noun
A person who is rejected or dismissed from a social group.
He became a castaway when his friends found out about his crimes.
Often appears as...
- social castaway
- emotional castaway
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Survival Scenario
Refers to extreme situations where someone is left to endure alone in an isolated environment.
Survival shows often feature a castaway scenario.
Pro Tip 2/3Adventure Stories
Commonly used in stories of survival and adventure to highlight human resilience.
Robinson Crusoe is a classic tale of a castaway.
Pro Tip 3/3Literal Use
Used literally to describe someone stranded, not metaphorically for feeling alone.
The sailors were castaways after the shipwreck.
Pro Tip 1/3Survival Scenario
Refers to extreme situations where someone is left to endure alone in an isolated environment.
Survival shows often feature a castaway scenario.
Pro Tip 2/3Adventure Stories
Commonly used in stories of survival and adventure to highlight human resilience.
Robinson Crusoe is a classic tale of a castaway.
Pro Tip 3/3Literal Use
Used literally to describe someone stranded, not metaphorically for feeling alone.
The sailors were castaways after the shipwreck.
Pro Tip 1/3Survival Scenario
Refers to extreme situations where someone is left to endure alone in an isolated environment.
Survival shows often feature a castaway scenario.
Pro Tip 2/3Adventure Stories
Commonly used in stories of survival and adventure to highlight human resilience.
Robinson Crusoe is a classic tale of a castaway.
Pro Tip 3/3Literal Use
Used literally to describe someone stranded, not metaphorically for feeling alone.
The sailors were castaways after the shipwreck.
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Video examples
Amelia Earhart Part I:...
by looking for irrefutable dna evidence of amelia's presence on the island tom believes that the castaway theory can be proven once and for all he has written books on this topic both nonfiction and fiction and finding dna in that soil with the help of those forensic dogs would be a game changer that's gonna be
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Amelia Earhart Part II:...
deeply admire amelia's political legacy the one that has to do with equality they see it as one that continues despite the fact that she tragically went missing then there is another group of people the searchers of amelia who look at her legacy quite differently when i asked rick gillespie a castaway
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Where's Amelia Earhart?...
died as castaways many are convinced by eyewitness accounts that they strayed to Japanese occupied territory and were captured and held as spies others go even further believing Earhart had an ulterior mission to gather intelligence on
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My family’s musical...
and that love is in my immediate family too it was in 1972 at castaways bar in newport news virginia that myself music loving father first saw this woman singing on stage today they have four children a soprano and also a tenor and
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Chameleons Fight To...
a chameleon chameleons weren't amongst those pioneering castaways theirs is a different story it's thought that they evolved here in Madagascar itself they're wonderfully adapted to a life in
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The last banana: A...
You and a fellow castaway are stranded on a desert island playing dice for the last banana. You've agreed on these You'll roll two dice, and if the biggest number is one, two, three or four,
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Giraffes on a Boat PIPE...
we're on a rescue mission on an island in lake baringo a massive freshwater lake in kenya's rift valley a stranded castaway needs help because the waters of the lake they're rising fast
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Sting: How I started...
Seems I'm not alone in being alone A hundred billion castaways Looking for a home I'll send an S.O.S. to the world I'll send an S.O.S. to the world
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Exotic Castaways Of...
so what makes trinidad a haven for all these mainland castaways the answer lies deep in the island's
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Morning Gecko PIPE The...
it is the ultimate castaway the marathon winner on the long journey from New Guinea
Video examples
Amelia Earhart Part I:...
by looking for irrefutable dna evidence of amelia's presence on the island tom believes that the castaway theory can be proven once and for all he has written books on this topic both nonfiction and fiction and finding dna in that soil with the help of those forensic dogs would be a game changer that's gonna be
Video examples
Amelia Earhart Part II:...
deeply admire amelia's political legacy the one that has to do with equality they see it as one that continues despite the fact that she tragically went missing then there is another group of people the searchers of amelia who look at her legacy quite differently when i asked rick gillespie a castaway
Video examples
Where's Amelia Earhart?...
died as castaways many are convinced by eyewitness accounts that they strayed to Japanese occupied territory and were captured and held as spies others go even further believing Earhart had an ulterior mission to gather intelligence on
Video examples
My family’s musical...
and that love is in my immediate family too it was in 1972 at castaways bar in newport news virginia that myself music loving father first saw this woman singing on stage today they have four children a soprano and also a tenor and
Video examples
Chameleons Fight To...
a chameleon chameleons weren't amongst those pioneering castaways theirs is a different story it's thought that they evolved here in Madagascar itself they're wonderfully adapted to a life in
Video examples
The last banana: A...
You and a fellow castaway are stranded on a desert island playing dice for the last banana. You've agreed on these You'll roll two dice, and if the biggest number is one, two, three or four,
Video examples
Giraffes on a Boat PIPE...
we're on a rescue mission on an island in lake baringo a massive freshwater lake in kenya's rift valley a stranded castaway needs help because the waters of the lake they're rising fast
Video examples
Sting: How I started...
Seems I'm not alone in being alone A hundred billion castaways Looking for a home I'll send an S.O.S. to the world I'll send an S.O.S. to the world
Video examples
Exotic Castaways Of...
so what makes trinidad a haven for all these mainland castaways the answer lies deep in the island's
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Morning Gecko PIPE The...
it is the ultimate castaway the marathon winner on the long journey from New Guinea
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Quote examples
Dale Earnhardt Jr.
American Driver
Castaway' is my favorite movie, and any time I read about a castaway or a story like that, it just interests me a lot.
Quote examples
Dale Earnhardt Jr.
American Driver
Castaway' is my favorite movie, and any time I read about a castaway or a story like that, it just interests me a lot.
Example 1 of 1
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