Home › Words › A › archivationarchivationarchivation means archival; the act of archiving something.EtymologyFrom archive + -ation.nounArchival; the act of archiving something.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.archival 83% match — Of or pertaining to an archive or archiving. vs archivation →archivization 82% match — Synonym of archival. vs archivation →archivalism 79% match — The keeping of archives. vs archivation →archivistic 78% match — Of or relating to archivism. vs archivation →archivism 76% match — The art or practice of maintaining an archive. vs archivation →archiving 74% match — The process of storing inactive or historical data in a secure location for long-term retention. vs archivation →archivize 73% match — Synonym of archive. vs archivation →archiver 73% match — One who, or that which, archives. vs archivation →