Synonyms for castaway

Most common

outcast · maroon · shipwreckee · marooner · strandee

All synonyms

Noun

Adjective

Definitions

1. n. 1

   A shipwrecked sailor.

   Robinson Crusoe was a famous fictional castaway.

2. adj. 1

   Cast adrift or ashore; marooned.

   After the mutiny, the castaway ship's officers suffered a month at sea in the lifeboat.

Forms

Plural

castaways → outcasts, pariahs, rejects, maroons…

Example sentences

• outcast I felt like an outcast among those people.
• maroon If the large maroon turtleneck is too big, do you have it in medium?

Popularity over time

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

6 letters

reject², maroon², pariah³

7 letters

outcast²

8 letters

derelict³, marooner, strandee

9 letters

abandoned³

11 letters

shipwreckee

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (reject² = 2 syllables).