castaway

5 definitions found

castaway - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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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  Castaway \Cast"a*way\, a.
     Of no value; rejected; useless.
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castaway - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  castaway
      n 1: a person who is rejected (from society or home) [syn:
           outcast, castaway, pariah, Ishmael]
      2: a shipwrecked person [syn: castaway, shipwreck survivor]

castaway - Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary :

  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.).

castaway - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  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