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castaway

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Main Entry: castaway
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: shipwrecked person

Synonyms:

derelict, leper, maroon, outcast, outlaw, pariah, renegade, reprobate, shipwreck, waif
Main Entry: derelict
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: destitute or down-and-out person

Synonyms:

beggar, bum, castaway, dawdler, drifter, floater, grifter, hobo, ne'er-do-well, outcast, renegade, skidrow bum, stiff, stumblebum, tramp, vagabond, vagrant
Main Entry: failure
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: person who does not succeed

Synonyms:

also-ran, bankrupt, beat*, born loser, bum, castaway, deadbeat, defaulter, derelict, disappointment, dud, flop, good-for-nothing, has-been, incompetent, insolvent, loafer, loser, lumpy, might-have-been, moocher, no-good, nobody, nonperformer, prodigal, turkey, underachiever, washout

Antonyms:

achiever, success
Main Entry: outcast
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: person who is unwanted, not accepted

Synonyms:

bum*, castaway, deportee, derelict, displaced person, exile, expatriate, fugitive, gypsy, hobo*, persona non grata, rascal, refugee, reprobate, tramp, untouchable, vagabond, vagrant, wretch

Antonyms:

favorite, friend, idol
Main Entry: pariah
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: social outcast

Synonyms:

bum*, castaway, deportee, derelict, displaced person, exile, expatriate, fugitive, hobo*, leper, outsider, persona non grata, rascal, refugee, tramp, undesirable, vagabond, vagrant, waif
Main Entry: refugee
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: person running from something, often oppression

Synonyms:

DP, alien, boat person, castaway, defector, derelict, deserter, displaced person, emigrant, escapee, evacuee, exile, expatriate, expellee, foreigner, foundling, fugitive, homeless person, leper, maroon, outcast, outlaw, prodigal, renegade, runaway, stateless person, émigré
Main Entry: waif
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: lost or unclaimed person or thing

Synonyms:

castaway, dogie, drop*, fetch*, flotsam, foundling, homeless one, jetsam, orphan, ragamuffin, stray, urchin
Main Entry: discarded
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: rejected

Synonyms:

abandoned, castaway, castoff, damaged, deserted, discontinued, done with, forsaken, junked, neglected, obsolete, out-of-date, outmoded, repudiated, run-down, scrapped, shelved, thrown away, thrown out, useless, worn-out

Antonyms:

kept, up-to-date, worthwhile
Main Entry: foundling
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: orphan

Synonyms:

castaway, waif
Related Words
Main Entry: failure
Part of Speech: noun
Related
Adjectives:
short, abortive, addle, aground, all up with, at fault, bankrupt, befooled, bootless, borne down, broken, broken down, capsized, cast away, crossed, dashed, dead beat, defeated, deficient, destroyed, disconcerted, dished, done for, done up, downtrodden, failing, flambe, foiled, foundered, fruitless, frustrated, grounded, hobbling, hoist on with one's own petard, in a sorry plight, ineffective, ineffectual, inefficacious, inefficient, insufficient, knocked on the head, lame, left in the lurch, lost, minus, nonsuited, oligophrenic, out of depth, out of one's reckoning, overborne, overwhelmed, perfunctory, played out, ruined, ruined root and branch, sacrificed, shipwrecked, short of, still, struck down, stultified, successless, swamped, thrown away, thrown off one's balance, thrown on one's back, thrown on one's beam ends, tripping, unattained, unavailing, uncompleted, undone, unfortunate, unhinged, unhorsed, unreached, unsuccessful, victimized, wide of the mark, wrecked
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