castaway
Shipwreck survivor alone
A castaway is a person stranded in an isolated place, typically after a shipwreck: The castaways survived on coconuts and rainwater.
The word evokes Robinson Crusoe scenarios—someone marooned on a deserted island.
More broadly, castaway describes anyone abandoned or rejected by society, cast away like refuse.
Left stranded and helpless
- adriftFloating without control
- wreckageDestroyed remains of something
- flotsamDebris from wrecked vessels
- jetsamGoods deliberately discarded at sea
lifeboat · salvage · beached · aground · ashore · reef · nautical · seafaring
State of being alone
- lonelinessState of lacking companions
- maroonedLeft stranded and helpless
- abandonedLeft behind completely
- forsakenCompletely abandoned or discarded
forgotten · remote · secluded · hermit · withdrawn · separated · inaccessible · desolate
- deserted islandLandmass without inhabitants
- Swiss Family RobinsonCastaway family survival tale
- WilsonAnglo-Saxon patronymic surname
- unchartedNot yet documented
Gilligan · Tom Hanks · odyssey · voyage · adventure · discovery · explorer · journal
Ability to solve problems creatively
- resilienceCapacity to recover quickly
- foragingSeeking wild food sources
- shelterProtected place or structure
- huntingPursuing wild game
ingenuity · self-reliance · endurance · adaptability · fortitude · perseverance · wilderness · fire-making
Forced removal from place
- expulsionForced permanent removal
- ostracismBanishment from a group
- refugeePerson fleeing danger abroad
- deportationLegal expulsion from country
expatriate · pariah · shunning · displaced · fugitive · maroon · proscription · marooning
marooned
Left stranded and helpless
- adriftFloating without control
- wreckageDestroyed remains of something
- flotsamDebris from wrecked vessels
jetsam · lifeboat · salvage · beached · aground · ashore · reef · nautical · seafaring · tides
solitude
State of being alone
- lonelinessState of lacking companions
- maroonedLeft stranded and helpless
- abandonedLeft behind completely
forsaken · forgotten · remote · secluded · hermit · withdrawn · separated · inaccessible · desolate · uninhabited
Robinson Crusoe
- deserted islandLandmass without inhabitants
- Swiss Family RobinsonCastaway family survival tale
- WilsonAnglo-Saxon patronymic surname
Gilligan · Tom Hanks · uncharted · odyssey · voyage · adventure · discovery · explorer · journal · footprint
resourcefulness
Ability to solve problems creatively
- resilienceCapacity to recover quickly
- foragingSeeking wild food sources
- shelterProtected place or structure
hunting · ingenuity · self-reliance · endurance · adaptability · fortitude · perseverance · wilderness · fire-making · fishing
banishment
Forced removal from place
- expulsionForced permanent removal
- ostracismBanishment from a group
- refugeePerson fleeing danger abroad
deportation · expatriate · pariah · shunning · displaced · fugitive · maroon · proscription · marooning · outlander
- sea talespirate story, sea stories, sea story, mermaid tale, ghost ships
- CastawaysRobinson Crusoe, Gilligan, shipwreck, Ginger, marooned
- outcastspariah, pariahs, outcasts, outlaws, derelicts
- reality TVSurvivor, contestant, The Bachelor, elimination, The Bachelorette
- survivalsurvival, survive, endure, persist, last
- tropical drinkspina colada, mojito, mai tai, daiquiri, rum punch
castawayinsider
One with confidential access
member · included · integrated · community member · favorite
castawaymainlander
Mainland inhabitant
city dweller · homebody · native · resident · settler