Buddhist

• Bouddhist (obsolete)
• Boodhist (archaic)

From Buddha +‎ -ist.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbudɪst/, /ˈbʊdɪst/

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• Rhymes: -uːdɪst, -ʊdɪst

Buddhist (comparative more Buddhist, superlative most Buddhist)

1. Of, relating to, or practicing Buddhism.
   • [2007 June 18, Nina Zagat, Tim Zagat, “Meanwhile: Eating Beyond Sichuan”, in The New York Times‎^[1], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 11 December 2025:

     Or the Fujianese soup that is so rich and sought after that it is poetically called "Buddha Jumps Over the Wall," meaning it is so good that a Buddhist monk would be compelled to break his vegetarian vows to sample it?]

• buddha, Buddha
• Buddhism

Buddhist (plural Buddhists)

1. A practitioner of the religion and philosophy of Buddhism.
2. A follower of the Indian religious and spiritual teacher, Buddha.

• religionist

• Buddhistic

• IPA^(key): /bʊˈdɪst/

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Buddhist m (weak, genitive Buddhisten, plural Buddhisten, feminine Buddhistin)

1. Buddhist (male or of unspecified gender)

• Buddhistentum
• Buddhistin
• buddhistisch

• Buddhismus

• “Buddhist” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Buddhist” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Buddhist” in Duden online