Home › Words › B › boationboation/bəʊˈeɪʃən/boation means bellowing.Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, boation ranks #7,530 of 42,785 for Qualifying.boation is pronounced /bəʊˈeɪʃən/.EtymologyFrom Latin boātiō (“roaring”, “bellowing”), noun of action of boō (“to roar”, “to bellow”).nounBellowing.A roar.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.belling 70% match — Bellowing; the sound of a male deer during the rutting season vs boation →bellowing 69% match — The sound produced when someone or something bellows vs boation →bellow 68% match — The deep roar of a large animal, or any similar loud noise. vs boation →bellowsome 66% match — Characterised or marked by bellowing vs boation →bawling 65% match — The act of one who bawls or shouts. vs boation →bellower 65% match — One who bellows. vs boation →billowing 65% match — The act of something that billows; a billow. vs boation →bolving 64% match — The competitive imitation of the bellowing call of a rutting stag vs boation →