Castaway — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

a person who is rejected (from society or home)

a shipwrecked person

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/kˈæstəwˌeɪ/

🇬🇧British English

/ˈɑːkaɪvˌɪsts/

🇮🇳Indian English

/ˈɑːkaɪvˌɪsts/

3 syllables Say it as /kˈæstəwˌeɪ/.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

shipwreck survivor outcast pariah Ishmael

Word Forms

outcast

adjective

excluded from a society

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

wegwerfen

eine Person, die abgelehnt wird (von der Gesellschaft oder von zu Hause)

🇫🇷French

naufragé

une personne rejetée (de la société ou du foyer)

🇪🇸Spanish

Desechar

una persona que es rechazada (de la sociedad o del hogar)

🇮🇹Italian

gettato via

una persona rifiutata (dalla società o da casa)

🇳🇱Dutch

schipbreukeling

een persoon die wordt afgewezen (uit de samenleving of thuis)

🇵🇹Portuguese

náufrago

uma pessoa que é rejeitada (pela sociedade ou em casa)

🇷🇺Russian

выбрасывать

человек, которого отвергают (от общества или дома)

India

🇮🇳Hindi

कास्ट अवे

वह व्यक्ति जिसे (समाज या घर से) अस्वीकार कर दिया गया हो

🇧🇩Bengali

বিতাড়িত

একজন ব্যক্তি যিনি প্রত্যাখ্যাত (সমাজ বা বাড়ি থেকে)

🇮🇳Tamil

தூக்கி எறியப்பட்ட

நிராகரிக்கப்பட்ட ஒரு நபர் (சமூகம் அல்லது வீட்டிலிருந்து)

🇮🇳Telugu

పోగొట్టుకున్న

తిరస్కరించబడిన వ్యక్తి (సమాజం లేదా ఇంటి నుండి)

🇮🇳Marathi

टाकून देणे

नाकारलेली व्यक्ती (समाजातून किंवा घरातून)

🇮🇳Gujarati

દૂર

એવી વ્યક્તિ કે જેને નકારવામાં આવે છે (સમાજ અથવા ઘરમાંથી)

🇮🇳Kannada

ಒಗೆದ

ತಿರಸ್ಕರಿಸಲ್ಪಟ್ಟ ವ್ಯಕ್ತಿ (ಸಮಾಜ ಅಥವಾ ಮನೆಯಿಂದ)

🇮🇳Malayalam

ദുരുപയോഗപ്പെടുത്തുക

നിരസിക്കപ്പെട്ട ഒരു വ്യക്തി (സമൂഹത്തിൽ നിന്നോ വീട്ടിൽ നിന്നോ)

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਸੁੱਟਣਾ

ਉਹ ਵਿਅਕਤੀ ਜਿਸ ਨੂੰ ਅਸਵੀਕਾਰ ਕੀਤਾ ਗਿਆ ਹੈ (ਸਮਾਜ ਜਾਂ ਘਰ ਤੋਂ)

🇵🇰Urdu

تباہی

وہ شخص جسے مسترد کر دیا گیا ہو (معاشرے یا گھر سے)

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

漂流者

被（社会或家庭）拒绝的人

🇯🇵Japanese

キャスト・アウェイ

（社会や家庭から）拒絶されている人

🇰🇷Korean

표류자

(사회나 가정으로부터) 거절당한 사람

🇻🇳Vietnamese

người bị bỏ rơi

một người bị từ chối (từ xã hội hoặc gia đình)

🇹🇭Thai

คนเรือแตก

คนที่ถูกปฏิเสธ (จากสังคมหรือที่บ้าน)

🇮🇩Indonesian

terbuang

seseorang yang ditolak (dari masyarakat atau rumah)

🇵🇭Filipino

itinaboy

isang taong tinanggihan (mula sa lipunan o tahanan)

🇲🇾Malay

dibuang

seseorang yang ditolak (dari masyarakat atau rumah)

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

منبوذ

شخص مرفوض (من المجتمع أو المنزل)

🇮🇷Persian

مرده

فردی که طرد شده است (از جامعه یا خانه)

🇹🇷Turkish

ıssız adada mahsur kalmak

reddedilen kişi (toplumdan veya evden)

🇮🇱Hebrew

נמל

אדם שנדחה (מהחברה או מהבית)

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