Home › Words › D › designoiddesignoiddesignoid means that came up by accident but appears to be designed.EtymologyFrom design + -oid. Coined by British biologist Richard Dawkins in 1996 in the book Climbing Mount Improbable.adjThat came up by accident but appears to be designed.nounA designoid object.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.designy 59% match — Characterised by design. vs designoid →nanodesign 55% match — nanoscale design vs designoid →designwise 54% match — In terms of design. vs designoid →designerly 52% match — Characteristic of a designer. vs designoid →biodesign 52% match — The design of biological systems vs designoid →designable 51% match — Capable of being designed. vs designoid →designed 51% match — Created according to a design. vs designoid →nanoconstruct 51% match — A nanoscale construct vs designoid →