Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun cast_away

2 senses of castaway

Sense 1
outcast, castaway, pariah, Ishmael -- (a person who is rejected (from society or home))
       => unfortunate, unfortunate person -- (a person who suffers misfortune)

Sense 2
castaway, shipwreck survivor -- (a shipwrecked person)
       => abandoned person -- (someone for whom hope has been abandoned)

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb cast_away

1 sense of cast away

Sense 1
discard, fling, toss, toss out, toss away, chuck out, cast aside, dispose, throw out, cast out, throw away, cast away, put away -- (throw or cast away; "Put away your worries")
       => get rid of, remove -- (dispose of; "Get rid of these old shoes!"; "The company got rid of all the dead wood")