What does "buddha" mean?
Any other person considered similarly enlightened.
Buddha
/ˈbʊdə/ name, noun, slang
name, noun, slang ·Common ·High school level
Meaning at a glance
- Primary sense: Any other person considered similarly enlightened.
- Grammar: buddha is listed as name, noun, slang.
- Nearest alternatives: arhant, arhat, avatar, awakened one.
- Useful contrasts: abstract art, ignorant being, legendary figure.
- Usage evidence: Now there is neither God nor Buddha.
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 Any other person considered similarly enlightened.
"At this point, the Amidha Buddha probably has more worshippers than the Buddha himself does."
- 2 Alternative letter-case form of Buddha. alt-of, countable, uncountable
"What the fuck are you doing with a buddha as a lampstand? O that's not a buddha that's some high goddess or other."
- 3 one who has achieved a state of perfect enlightenment wordnet
- 4 Any other person considered similarly enlightened. broadly
"There are some who consider Jesus a buddha, not least because Buddhism had spread to Judaea by the early 1st century."
- 5 Marijuana. US, slang, uncountable
"I know how it feel to wake up fucked up Pockets broke as hell, another rock to sell People look at you like you's the user Sellin' drugs to all the losers, mad buddha abuser"
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- 6 Synonym of know-it-all or smartass, a person who imagines themselves smarter or wiser than they are. figuratively, ironic
"Sam: Well, our first priority is to make sure the thieves don't strike again. It'll be tricky, 'cause these sorts of gangs rarely have just one target on the go. They've usually researched half a dozen possibilities, waiting for the most opportune circumstances on any of them. Harry Woolf: He knows his onions, this lad, eh? Gene Hunt: Oh, he's a right little smart-arse. So, what do you suggest, Buddha?"
- 7 A statue or image of any Buddha.
"I love visiting the temple to see the Buddha."
Proper Noun
- 1 Siddhartha Gautama, the Nepali prince and Indian philosopher and teacher who founded Buddhism.
Synonyms
All synonymsAntonyms
abstract artignorant beinglegendary figuremythical figure
Example
"Now there is neither God nor Buddha."
Common questions
What is a synonym for "buddha"?
Common synonyms include: arhant, arhat, avatar, awakened one, bodhisattva, buddha image.
How do you use "buddha" in a sentence?
Now there is neither God nor Buddha.
How do you pronounce "buddha"?
Pronounced /ˈbʊdə/.
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Pali Buddha (“the Awakened One, the Enlightened One”), from buddha (“awakened, enlightened”), from Sanskrit बुद्ध (buddha, “awakened, enlightened”), past participle of बोधति (bodhati, “to wake, to awaken”). Distantly related to English bid and bede. Also cognate with Proto-Slavic *buditi (“to wake up”).