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cast away

verb

1 cast away

Throw or cast away.

synonyms: cast aside, cast out, chuck out, discard, dispose, fling, put away, throw away, throw out, toss ... show more.

Roget 610: reject; set aside, lay aside; give up; decline etc. (refuse) 764; exclude, except; pluck, spin; cast.    repudiate, ... show more

Roget 638: spend, expend, use, consume, swallow up, exhaust; impoverish; spill, drain, empty; disperse etc. 73.    cast away, ... show more

Roget 756: abrogate, annul, cancel; destroy etc. 162; abolish; revoke, repeal, rescind, reverse, retract, recall; abolitionize; ... show more

Roget 782: relinquish, give up, surrender, yield, cede; let go, let slip; spare, drop, resign, forego, renounce, abandon, expropriate, ... show more

Dutch: afdanken, verwerpen, afleggen


adjective

Roget 732: unsuccessful, successless; failing, tripping etc. v.; at fault; unfortunate etc. 735.    abortive, addle, stillborn; fruitless, ... show more

Moby thesaurus: abandon, beach, blow, break ground, cast, cast aside, cast loose, cast off, cat the anchor, chuck, consume, deep-six, discard, dispose of, dissipate, ditch, drop the mooring, dump, eighty-six, eliminate ... show more.

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