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Synonyms for castoff
| Grammar : Adj, noun |
| Spell : kast-awf, -of, kahst- |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈkæstˌɔf, -ˌɒf, ˈkɑst- |
Top 10 synonyms for castoff Other synonyms for the word castoff
- abandoned
- aboriginal
- abrogation
- absconding
- ancient
- antediluvian
- antiquated
- apostasy
- archaic
- atom
- avoidance
- backsliding
- bite
- bits and pieces
- butt
- bygone
- cargo
- cast-off
- castaway
- castoff
- castoffs
- chip
- crumb
- cutting
- dated
- decayed
- defecting
- demode
- departing
- departure
- derelict
- dereliction
- deserted
- disaffection
- disavowal
- disavowing
- discard
- discarded
- discontinued
- divorce
- done
- done with
- early
- elusion
- end
- erstwhile
- escape
- evasion
- faded
- falling away
- falseness
- flight
- forsaken
- forsaking
- fragment
- glob
- gob
- going back on
- grain
- hackneyed
- hoary
- hunk
- immemorial
- iota
- jetsam
- jot
- junk
- junked
- late
- leaving
- leftover
- lorn
- lump
- marooning
- mite
- modicum
- morsel
- moth-eaten
- mouthful
- neglected
- obsolete
- odds and ends
- of old
- of yore
- old as Methuselah
- old as the hills
- old-fashioned
- old-time
- olden
- oldfangled
- once
- onetime
- original
- orts
- out-of-date
- outmoded
- ownerless
- part
- particle
- passé
- past
- perfidy
- piece
- portion
- primeval
- primitive
- primordial
- pristine
- quondam
- recreancy
- rejection
- relic
- relinquished
- relinquishment
- remains
- remote
- renunciation
- repudiated
- repudiation
- resignation
- retirement
- retreat
- ruined
- run-down
- running out on
- rusty
- scrapped
- sea-drift
- secession
- seedy
- shabby
- shelved
- shred
- slice
- sliver
- smithereen
- snatch
- snippet
- solitary
- sometime
- speck
- stale
- stump
- superannuated
- tergiversation
- threadbare
- thrown away
- thrown out
- time-worn
- timeworn
- trace
- traditional
- treachery
- truancy
- uncouth
- unfashionable
- unoriginal
- useless
- venerable
- waste
- withdrawal
- worn-out
- wreckage
Définition of castoff
- As in old : adj obsolete, outdated
- As in discarded : adj rejected
- As in olden : adj old
- As in derelict : adj deserted, forsaken
- As in scrap : noun tiny bit of something
- As in desertion : noun abandonment
- As in flotsam : noun floating debris
- So he picked up some castoff feathers of the Peacocks and stuck them among his own black plumes.
- Extract from : « The sop for Children » by sop
- Are you not a bit sorry for the neat little halo that now hangs like a piece of castoff clothing on the bedpost of an adulteress?
- Extract from : « The Goose Man » by Jacob Wassermann
- Doubtless she would hail his wish—half a reform in itself—to castoff the outward signs of an accepted degradation.
- Extract from : « What Will He Do With It, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
- A player comes on under the shadow, made up in the castoff mail of a court buck, a wellset man with a bass voice.
- Extract from : « Ulysses » by James Joyce
- The child pointed to what appeared to be some ragged, castoff clothes left in the hole by the late occupant.
- Extract from : « Selected Stories » by Bret Harte
- Behold him, beneath the mass of stale and putrid slime, a castoff, friendless and penniless vagabond.
- Extract from : « Treading the Narrow Way » by R. E. Barrett
Antonyms for castoff
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