Home › Words › D › disasteroiddisasteroiddisasteroid means an asteroid that causes a disaster, as by colliding with a planet.Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, disasteroid ranks #23,626 of 42,747 for Qualifying.EtymologyBlend of disaster + asteroid.nounAn asteroid that causes a disaster, as by colliding with a planet.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.disastrophe 71% match — A disastrous catastrophe. vs disasteroid →ecodisaster 60% match — An ecological disaster. vs disasteroid →disaster 58% match — An unexpected natural or man-made catastrophe of substantial extent causing significant physical damage or destruction, loss of life or sometimes permanent change to the natural environment. vs disasteroid →disasterly 58% match — disastrously vs disasteroid →asteroid 57% match — A naturally occurring solid object, which is smaller than a planet and a dwarf planet, larger than a meteoroid and not a comet, that orbits a star and often has an irregular shape. vs disasteroid →disasterless 56% match — Without disaster. vs disasteroid →disasterpiece 56% match — An anti-masterpiece; a complete disaster. vs disasteroid →catastrophe 56% match — Any large and disastrous event of great significance. vs disasteroid →