castaways

noun

plural of castaway
as in outcasts
one who is cast out or rejected by society one theory is that Easter Island was first settled by castaways from Polynesia

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Recent Examples of castaways But the Hurricanes turned speedy castaways like Ehlers, Miller, Taylor Hall and Eric Robinson into Cup champions. — Murat Ates, New York Times, 17 June 2026 Other castaways struggled with how to present themselves on screen while playing this game of cons and elimination. — Shaan Merchant, Rolling Stone, 20 May 2026 One guy simply voted for his fellow castaways in alphabetical order. — Julie Beck, The Atlantic, 12 May 2026 With Piggy as the ideas man, thinking through issues like sanitation and proposing a signal fire to aid rescue efforts, Ralph uses his constituents’ goodwill to implement an ad-hoc social democracy that cares for even the youngest and weakest castaways. — Judy Berman, Time, 4 May 2026 The potential for a redemption arc could make the castaways’ fight for the title even more intense and memorable. — Katie Decker-Jacoby, StyleCaster, 28 Apr. 2026 Carving out a little lane of their own is ØWay, a supergroup of castaways big enough to fill every position on a baseball field. — Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 24 Apr. 2026 First, Jeff Probst competed alongside the group of castaways. — Emily Longeretta, Variety, 23 Apr. 2026 Adapted for television by Adolescence co-creator, Emmy winner Jack Thorne, in Lord of the Flies, innocence descends into savagery when a group of English schoolboys becomes desert island castaways. — Denise Petski, Deadline, 6 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for castaways
  1. outcasts
  2. lepers
  3. rejects
  4. exiles
  5. castoffs
  6. pariahs
Noun
  • The Ramones stood on stage not as rock gods or unattainable heroes, but as oddballs, misfits, and fellow outcasts in torn jeans.
    — Debby Wolfinsohn, Entertainment Weekly, 7 July 2026
  • The musical is also narrated by Damian and Janis, the school outcasts who Cady befriends on her first day.
    — Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 June 2026
Definition of outcasts
Noun
  • Remember, the Lord Jesus did not fear lepers, and leprosy was (and continues to be) a highly contagious infectious disease.
    — Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 15 Sep. 2025
  • The town serves as the backdrop for what many surrounding the production consider the creative high point of the season — an episode 5 spaghetti western side mission that involves lepers, eye-gauging vultures, and a train pulled by zombies.
    — Dalton Ross, EW.com, 26 Aug. 2025
Definition of lepers
Noun
  • The most opinionated of these rejects is Smarty Pants, a basic toilet-training tech tool given an amusingly snarky attitude by Conan O’Brien.
    — David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 16 June 2026
  • Today, there are hundreds of rejects packed in wood cabinets and cardboard boxes.
    — Steve Hartman, CBS News, 11 Apr. 2026
Definition of rejects
Noun
  • In the 1930s and 1940s, postrevolutionary Mexico emerged as both an incubator of modern art and haven for European refugees, political exiles and other expats.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 14 July 2026
  • Many Latinos, including Cubans and Cuban Americans living in the United States, were in favor of this action, especially the old generation of Miami Cuban and Venezuelan exiles who have long supported the Republican Party.
    — Juan Carlos Albarran, The Conversation, 13 July 2026
Definition of exiles
Noun
  • While the big-name prospects were at Chase Center, the combo guard had to make the most of it with long shots and castoffs.
    — Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 12 July 2026
  • The pastor’s initiative proved so popular that the church began distributing feed sacks to well-off homes, so Boston housewives could continually set aside castoffs for donation.
    — Caity Weaver, The Atlantic, 12 June 2026
Definition of castoffs
Noun
  • Not everyone treated the couple as pariahs, though.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 June 2026
  • These factors have turned the Ellisons into Murdoch-like pariahs among many Democrats, and have brought together a somewhat ideologically diverse antitrust coalition, ranging from the more centrist wing of the Democratic Party to the progressive left.
    — Max Tani, semafor.com, 6 Mar. 2026
Definition of pariahs

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