deserted island
Castaway's lonely home
A deserted island is an island with no permanent human inhabitants—the classic setting for shipwreck stories and survival fantasies.
The phrase evokes isolation and self-reliance: What three things would you bring to a deserted island?
Despite the name, a deserted island was never necessarily inhabited and then abandoned; it simply has no one living there.
- castawayShipwrecked and stranded person
- strandedLeft without means to leave
- lost at seaMissing in ocean waters
- shipwreckDestroyed vessel at sea
- maroonedLeft stranded and helpless
solitude · palm · palm tree · coconut · survival · rescue · rescue boat · raft · beach · isolation · tropical · tropical paradise · lagoon · driftwood · signal · signal fire · fire · footprint
- islandsisle, isles, islet, atoll, atolls
- abandonedabandoned, abandoned building, abandoned factory, abandoned hospital, abandoned mine
- Piratespirate, buccaneer, corsair, corsairs, privateers
- abandonmentabandon, abandoned, forsake, leave, neglect
- shipwrecksshipwreck, shipwrecks, sunken ships, capsized, derelict
deserted islandmetropolis
Large important city
Manhattan · Hong Kong · urban center · Singapore · downtown
deserted islandmainland
Principal connected territory
crossroads · transportation hub · central location · central station · downtown
deserted islandmodern city
Contemporary densely populated area
urban sprawl · industrial zone · built-up area · Times Square · concrete jungle
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