castaway 1 of 2

as in reject
one who is cast out or rejected by society one theory is that Easter Island was first settled by castaways from Polynesia

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castaway

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adjective

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Recent Examples of castaway
Adjective
Creative decor with upcycled and reclaimed materials, retractable roofs for stargazing from bed From $4,400/night Book now Soneva brought its castaway fantasy to new heights with the May 2024 opening of a third Maldivian hideaway that’s its grandest—and smallest—resort to date. Jennifer Flowers, AFAR Media, 3 Apr. 2025 The package also includes daily breakfast and dinner and a bottle of champagne, and add-ons include a private dinner aboard a yacht, a castaway picnic lunch on a private island, and filling your private pool with red roses. Devorah Lev-Tov, Robb Report, 13 Feb. 2025 The Maldives Best for: Romance, castaway vibes, and overwater excess Dotted across an astoundingly blue Indian Ocean is Asia’s smallest country, an archipelago of 1,192 coralline islets, only 200 of which are inhabited. Paul Rubio, AFAR Media, 23 Dec. 2024 Watching the castaway characters navigate the unknown, despite its violence and ridiculousness, has been a soothing reprieve from the casual chaos of my own everyday life. Vox Staff, Vox, 23 Dec. 2024 Your privileged castaway journey begins in Long Beach, 30 to 60 minutes from Anaheim by car depending on the time of day. Paula Conway, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024 Inspired by the true story of Marguerite de La Rocque, Allegra Goodman’s latest novel is a feminist castaway tale about love, faith, and self-actualization. Shannon Carlin, TIME, 17 Dec. 2024 The first teaser trailer for Yellowjackets season three is finally here, and the series is shaping up to be as juicy as a thigh from a castaway soccer player. Abby Monteil, Them, 9 Dec. 2024 There's an infinity pool, a lagoon pool with two slides and a stretch of sandy beach with a castaway theme right down to its weather outlook system – a coconut hanging from a branch next to a sign telling visitors what conditions to expect based on the appearance of the shell. Caroline Reid, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for castaway
Noun
  • The modern reject rejects the academic consensus on everything from the science of vaccines to the benefits of free trade.
    Zack Beauchamp, Vox, 12 Mar. 2025
  • Still, the rejects are legion: Amy Sedaris, Tiffany Haddish, Jim Carrey, Nick Kroll, Aubrey Plaza, John Goodman, Geena Davis, Jennifer Aniston, Andrea Martin, Zach Galifianakis, Paul Reubens.
    Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune, 14 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • Lawrence Summers, former treasury secretary and director of the National Economic Council, estimated that the tariffs could cost the U.S. economy $30 trillion in lost value—roughly $300,000 per family of four.
    Nik Popli, Time, 3 Apr. 2025
  • Mail Letters Contrary to popular belief, sending snail mail is not a lost art.
    Claire Hoppe Norgaard, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • There is also new character, a Nazi collaborator from World War 2 who is a social outcast.
    Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 4 Apr. 2025
  • But sheer athleticism won’t turn him into a celebrity, and his demeanor doesn’t endear him to people—Majors plays Maddox as a sullen and tightly wound outcast whose environment shapes his isolation.
    Hannah Giorgis, The Atlantic, 4 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • The forward, who was absent for last month’s meeting in which Minnesota thrashed the Nuggets in Denver, finished with 30 points and eight rebounds.
    Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 2 Apr. 2025
  • Photo : Icon 4x4 For this prototype, sound-deadening materials and carpeting were absent in order to help locate newfound creaks and rattles that a V-8 engine might cover up.
    Michael Van Runkle, Robb Report, 2 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • In this story, Buddha reaches out to the homeless leper teaching us that true compassion transcends fear and stigma.
    Rabbi Dana Magat, The Mercury News, 18 Mar. 2025
  • Winning Is Everything, Stupid, by Matt Tyrnauer, goes deep into what shaped James Carville’s incorrigible character, including his Catholic, working-class youth in Carville—a Louisiana town with fewer than 900 inhabitants, almost half of them inmates at the local leper colony.
    airmail.news, airmail.news, 3 Oct. 2024
Adjective
  • After his bacon had gone missing from the counter, a dog owner asked Reddit users to guess which of his pups was the culprit.
    Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Apr. 2025
  • The teaser showed Julia Garner as a teacher whose entire classroom of kids goes missing — but only her classroom.
    Brian Welk, IndieWire, 1 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Russia has been committing crimes against humanity and has become an international pariah.
    Katya Soldak, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2023
  • Syria itself is an international pariah under Western sanctions linked to the war.
    Mehmet Guzel, Ghaith Alsayed and Suzan Fraser, Anchorage Daily News, 8 Feb. 2023
Noun
  • The Irrawaddy, an online Myanmar news site operating in exile, reported that at least 80 bodies were found in the wreckage of the Great Wall Hotel in Mandalay after the removal of walls and rubble Sunday afternoon.
    Grant Peck, Los Angeles Times, 6 Apr. 2025
  • Perhaps the most famous contemporary example is China’s imprisonment and torture of artist-activist Ai Weiwei in 2011, who has been living in exile since 2015.
    Christine Ledbetter, Chicago Tribune, 4 Apr. 2025

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“Castaway.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/castaway. Accessed 14 Apr. 2025.

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