All cast away synonyms
cast aΒ·way
C c verb cast away
- frivol β to behave frivolously; trifle.
- leave β to go out of or away from, as a place: to leave the house.
- beach β A beach is an area of sand or stones beside the sea.
- desert β A desert is a large area of land, usually in a hot region, where there is almost no water, rain, trees, or plants.
- forsake β to quit or leave entirely; abandon; desert: She has forsaken her country for an island in the South Pacific.
- confer β When you confer with someone, you discuss something with them in order to make a decision. You can also say that two people confer.
- drain β to withdraw or draw off (a liquid) gradually; remove slowly or by degrees, as by filtration: to drain oil from a crankcase.
- dispense β to deal out; distribute: to dispense wisdom.
- defray β If you defray someone's costs or expenses, you give them money which represents the amount that they have spent, for example while they have been doing something for you or acting on your behalf.
- disburse β to pay out (money), especially for expenses; expend.
- bestow β To bestow something on someone means to give or present it to them.
- deplete β To deplete a stock or amount of something means to reduce it.
- absorb β If something absorbs a liquid, gas, or other substance, it soaks it up or takes it in.
- apply β If you apply for something such as a job or membership of an organization, you write a letter or fill in a form in order to ask formally for it.
- liquidate β to settle or pay (a debt): to liquidate a claim.
- fritter β to squander or disperse piecemeal; waste little by little (usually followed by away): to fritter away one's money; to fritter away an afternoon.
- go through β to move or proceed, especially to or from something: They're going by bus.
- run through β an act or instance, or a period of running: a five-minute run before breakfast.
- throw away β to propel or cast in any way, especially to project or propel from the hand by a sudden forward motion or straightening of the arm and wrist: to throw a ball.
adj cast away
- gone β past participle of go1 .
- missed β to fail to hit or strike: to miss a target.
- lacking β being without; not having; wanting; less: Lacking equipment, the laboratory couldn't undertake the research project.
- wandering β moving from place to place without a fixed plan; roaming; rambling: wandering tourists.
- forfeit β a fine; penalty.
- obscured β (of meaning) not clear or plain; ambiguous, vague, or uncertain: an obscure sentence in the contract.
- mislaid β to lose temporarily; misplace: He mislaid his keys.
- minus β less by the subtraction of; decreased by: Ten minus six is four.
- forfeited β a fine; penalty.
- disappeared β to cease to be seen; vanish from sight.
- shipwrecked β the destruction or loss of a ship, as by sinking.
- sidetracked β any railroad track, other than a siding, auxiliary to the main track.
- stranded β composed of a specified number or kind of strands (usually used in combination): a five-stranded rope.
- reefed β a part of a sail that is rolled and tied down to reduce the area exposed to the wind.
- marooned β to put ashore and abandon on a desolate island or coast by way of punishment or the like, as was done by buccaneers.
- alone β When you are alone, you are not with any other people.
- godforsaken β desolate; remote; deserted: They live in some godforsaken place 40 miles from the nearest town.
- outcast β a falling out; quarrel.
- unoccupied β without occupants; empty; vacant.
- vacant β having no contents; empty; void: a vacant niche.
- on the rocks β a large mass of stone forming a hill, cliff, promontory, or the like.
- astray β out of the correct path or direction
- down the drain β If you say that something is going down the drain, you mean that it is being destroyed or wasted.
- irrevocable β not to be revoked or recalled; unable to be repealed or annulled; unalterable: an irrevocable decree.
- wayward β turned or turning away from what is right or proper; willful; disobedient: a wayward son; wayward behavior.
- without β with the absence, omission, or avoidance of; not with; with no or none of; lacking: without help; without shoes; without her helping me; without him to help.
- at sea β At sea means on or under the sea, far away from land.
- irrecoverable β incapable of being recovered or regained: an irrecoverable debt.
- irretrievable β not capable of being retrieved; irrecoverable; irreparable.
- out the window β discarded or wasted
- unredeemed β to buy or pay off; clear by payment: to redeem a mortgage.