Home › Words › A › aboonaboon/əˈbuːn/aboon means above.aboon is pronounced /əˈbuːn/.EtymologyFrom Middle English abone, abowne, from abuven, from Old English abūfan (“above”).adjAbove.advAbove.e.g.“The ceiling fair that rose aboon.” — 1819, Joseph Rodman Drake, The Culprit Fay:nounAbove.prepAbove.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.abovedeck 61% match — On deck. vs aboon →atop 60% match — On the top of. vs aboon →aboveness 59% match — The quality of being above. vs aboon →abun 59% match — Father, the title of a bishop in an Ethiopian or Coptic church. vs aboon →betop 56% match — To top vs aboon →above 56% match — Physically over; on top of; worn on top of, said of clothing. vs aboon →abread 56% match — Abroad. vs aboon →ayond 55% match — Beyond. vs aboon →