Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

castaway

/ˈkæs.tə.weɪ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.61 in modern English

Syllables: cast-away
IPA: /ˈkæs.tə.weɪ/

16

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Cast adrift or ashore; marooned.

adj

adj

Cast out; rejected or excluded from a group.

noun

A shipwrecked sailor.

noun

A discarded person or thing.

noun

An outcast; someone cast out of a group or society.

Example Sentences

"After the mutiny, the castaway ship's officers suffered a month at sea in the lifeboat."
"The storm left them castaway on an uninhabited island."
"Robinson Crusoe was a famous fictional castaway."
"This old coat was a castaway in someone's trash."
"These homeless people are society's castaways."

Etymology

Deverbal from cast away.

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈkæs.tə.weɪ/
British English: /ˈkɑːstəweɪ/

Inflected Forms

castaways (plural)

Derived Forms

Blastaway Lostaway

Phrases

cast away

Frequently Paired Words

cast away

Synonyms

shipwreck survivor outcast pariah ishmael

Questions

How do you pronounce castaway?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈkæs.tə.weɪ/.
What does castaway mean?: Cast adrift or ashore; marooned.
Where does castaway come from?: Deverbal from cast away.

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