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Buddha

name · noun · 8 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: bo͝odə
  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈbʊdə/
  • General-American: bo͞odə
  • General-American: /ˈbudə/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Northern-Ireland, Scotland: /ˈbʉdə/
  • /ˈbʊdːhə/
  • rhymes with -ʊdə
  • rhymes with -uːdə
  • homophone: Buda (one pronunciation of each word)
  • CMU ARPABET: B UW1 D AH0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

name

Meaning 1

Siddhartha Gautama, ancient Indian philosopher and teacher who founded Buddhism.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Any other person considered similarly enlightened.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: Buddhism, lifestyle, religion

Examples

  • At this point, the Amidha Buddha probably has more worshippers than the Buddha himself does.
  • There are some who consider Jesus a buddha, not least because Buddhism had spread to Judaea by the early 1st century.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

Synonym of know-it-all or smartass, a person who imagines themselves smarter or wiser than they are.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: figuratively, ironic

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: know-it-all or smartass

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

A statue or image of any Buddha.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • I love visiting the temple to see the Buddha.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

Alternative letter-case form of Buddha.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: alt-of, countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

Marijuana.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: US, slang, uncountable

Topics: dancing, hip-hop, hobbies, lifestyle, sports

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: bhang, benj, boo, broccoli, bud, buddha, cannabis, cheeba, choof, daccha, dank, devil's lettuce, djamba, doja, doobage, dope, endo, gage, ganja, ganj, grass, green, greenery, hash, hashish, hemp, herb, Mary Jane, MJ, marihoochie, marijuana, Mary Joanna, method, mezz, muggle, mull, pot, puff, reefer, sens, sensimillia, sensimilla, shit, sweetleaf, tea, Texas tea, trees, twig, wacky tobaccy, weed, yarndie, zaza, zombie

Antonyms: none provided

7

noun

Meaning 7

founder of Buddhism; worshipped as a god (c 563-483 BC)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Siddhartha, Gautama, Gautama Siddhartha, Gautama Buddha

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: mystic, religious mystic

8

noun

Meaning 8

one who has achieved a state of perfect enlightenment

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: saint, holy man, holy person, angel

History

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”).

Across languages

Translations

249 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: Buda — spiritual and philosophical teacher
  • Southern Altai: Боодо (Boodo) — spiritual and philosophical teacher
  • Arabic: بُوذَا (būḏā) — spiritual and philosophical teacher
  • Arabic: بُدّ (budd) — spiritual and philosophical teacher
  • Armenian: Բուդդա (Budda) — spiritual and philosophical teacher
  • Assamese: বুদ্ধদেৱ (buddhodew) — spiritual and philosophical teacher
  • Assamese: গৌতম বুদ্ধ (goutom buddho) — spiritual and philosophical teacher
  • Assamese: বুদ্ধ (buddho) — spiritual and philosophical teacher
  • Azerbaijani: Budda — spiritual and philosophical teacher
  • Azerbaijani: Büt — spiritual and philosophical teacher
  • Bactrian: Βοδδο (Boddo) — spiritual and philosophical teacher
  • Belarusian: Бу́да (Búda) — spiritual and philosophical teacher
  • Bengali: বুদ্ধ (buddho) — spiritual and philosophical teacher
  • Bulgarian: Бу́да (Búda) — spiritual and philosophical teacher
  • Burmese: ဗုဒ္ဓ (buddha.) — spiritual and philosophical teacher
  • Burmese: ဘုရား (bhu.ra:) — spiritual and philosophical teacher
  • Carpathian Rusyn: Бу́дга (Búdha) — spiritual and philosophical teacher
  • Catalan: Buda — spiritual and philosophical teacher
  • Chinese Cantonese: 佛 (fat6) — spiritual and philosophical teacher
  • Chinese Cantonese: 佛陀 — spiritual and philosophical teacher
  • Chinese Cantonese: 浮屠 (fau4 tou4) — spiritual and philosophical teacher
  • Chinese Cantonese: 浮圖 /浮图 (fau4 tou4) — spiritual and philosophical teacher
  • Chinese Cantonese: 佛馱 /佛驮 — spiritual and philosophical teacher
  • Chinese Cantonese: 浮陀 (fau4 to4) — spiritual and philosophical teacher
  • Chinese Cantonese: 休屠 (jau1 tou4) — spiritual and philosophical teacher
  • Chinese Cantonese: 浮頭 /浮头 (fau4 tau4) — spiritual and philosophical teacher
  • Chinese Cantonese: 勃陀 — spiritual and philosophical teacher
  • Chinese Cantonese: 勃馱 /勃驮 — spiritual and philosophical teacher
  • Chinese Cantonese: 部多 (bou6 do1) — spiritual and philosophical teacher
  • Chinese Cantonese: 部陀 (bou6 to4) — spiritual and philosophical teacher
  • Chinese Cantonese: 毋陀 (mou4 to4) — spiritual and philosophical teacher
  • Chinese Cantonese: 沒馱 /没驮 (mut6 to4) — spiritual and philosophical teacher
  • Chinese Cantonese: 沸馱 /沸驮 (fai3 to4) — spiritual and philosophical teacher
  • Chinese Cantonese: 步他 (bou3 taa1) — spiritual and philosophical teacher
  • Chinese Cantonese: 復豆 /复豆 (fuk6 dou6) — spiritual and philosophical teacher
  • Chinese Cantonese: 佛圖 /佛图 (fat6 tou4) — spiritual and philosophical teacher
  • Chinese Cantonese: 物他 (mat6 taa1) — spiritual and philosophical teacher
  • Chinese Cantonese: 馞陀 — spiritual and philosophical teacher
  • Chinese Cantonese: 沒陀 /没陀 (mut6 to4) — spiritual and philosophical teacher
  • Chinese Cantonese: 釋迦牟尼 /释迦牟尼 (sik1 gaa1 mau4 nei4) — spiritual and philosophical teacher
  • Chinese Cantonese: 佛祖 (fat6 zou2) — spiritual and philosophical teacher
  • Chinese Cantonese: 釋迦 /释迦 (sik1 gaa1) — spiritual and philosophical teacher
  • Chinese Cantonese: 釋迦牟尼佛 /释迦牟尼佛 (sik1 gaa1 mau4 nei4 fat6) — spiritual and philosophical teacher
  • Chinese Cantonese: 釋迦佛 /释迦佛 (sik1 gaa1 fat6) — spiritual and philosophical teacher
  • Chinese: фә (fə) — spiritual and philosophical teacher
  • Hakka Chinese: 佛 (fu̍t) — spiritual and philosophical teacher
  • Hakka Chinese: 釋迦牟尼 /释迦牟尼 (Sit-kâ-meù-nì) — spiritual and philosophical teacher
  • Hakka Chinese: 佛祖 (fu̍t-chú) — spiritual and philosophical teacher
  • Chinese: 佛 (zh-min-nan) — spiritual and philosophical teacher
  • Chinese: 佛陀 (Hu̍t-tô) — spiritual and philosophical teacher
  • Chinese: 釋迦 /释迦 (Sek-khia) — spiritual and philosophical teacher
  • Chinese: 佛祖 (zh-min-nan) — spiritual and philosophical teacher
  • Chinese: 釋迦牟尼 /释迦牟尼 (Sek-khia-mô͘-nî) — spiritual and philosophical teacher
  • Chinese: 釋迦牟尼佛 /释迦牟尼佛 (Sek-khia-mô͘-nî-hu̍t) — spiritual and philosophical teacher
  • Chinese: 釋迦佛 /释迦佛 (Sek-khia-hu̍t) — spiritual and philosophical teacher
  • Chinese Mandarin: 佛 (Fó) — spiritual and philosophical teacher
  • Chinese Mandarin: 佛陀 (Fótuó) — spiritual and philosophical teacher
  • Chinese Mandarin: 浮屠 (Fútú) — spiritual and philosophical teacher
  • Chinese Mandarin: 釋迦牟尼 /释迦牟尼 (Shìjiāmóuní) — spiritual and philosophical teacher
  • Chinese Mandarin: 浮圖 /浮图 (Fútú) — spiritual and philosophical teacher
  • Chinese Mandarin: 佛馱 /佛驮 (Fótuó) — spiritual and philosophical teacher
  • Chinese Mandarin: 浮陀 (Fútuó) — spiritual and philosophical teacher
  • Chinese Mandarin: 休屠 (Xiūtú) — spiritual and philosophical teacher
  • Chinese Mandarin: 浮頭 /浮头 (Fútóu) — spiritual and philosophical teacher
  • Chinese Mandarin: 勃陀 (Bótuó) — spiritual and philosophical teacher
  • Chinese Mandarin: 勃馱 /勃驮 (Bótuó) — spiritual and philosophical teacher
  • Chinese Mandarin: 部多 (Bùduō) — spiritual and philosophical teacher
  • Chinese Mandarin: 部陀 (Bùtuó) — spiritual and philosophical teacher
  • Chinese Mandarin: 毋陀 (Wútuó) — spiritual and philosophical teacher
  • Chinese Mandarin: 沒馱 /没驮 (Mòtuó) — spiritual and philosophical teacher
  • Chinese Mandarin: 沸馱 /沸驮 (Fèituó) — spiritual and philosophical teacher
  • Chinese Mandarin: 步他 (Bùtā) — spiritual and philosophical teacher
  • Chinese Mandarin: 復豆 /复豆 (Fùdòu) — spiritual and philosophical teacher
  • Chinese Mandarin: 佛圖 /佛图 (Fótú) — spiritual and philosophical teacher
  • Chinese Mandarin: 物他 (Wùtā) — spiritual and philosophical teacher
  • Chinese Mandarin: 馞陀 (Bótuó) — spiritual and philosophical teacher
  • Chinese Mandarin: 沒陀 /没陀 (Mòtuó) — spiritual and philosophical teacher
  • Chinese Mandarin: 佛祖 (Fózǔ) — spiritual and philosophical teacher
  • Chinese Mandarin: 釋迦 /释迦 (Shìjiā) — spiritual and philosophical teacher
  • Chinese Mandarin: 釋迦牟尼佛 /释迦牟尼佛 (Shìjiāmóuní Fó) — spiritual and philosophical teacher
  • Chinese Mandarin: 釋迦佛 /释迦佛 (Shìjiā Fó) — spiritual and philosophical teacher
  • Czech: Buddha — spiritual and philosophical teacher
  • Danish: Buddha — spiritual and philosophical teacher
  • Dutch: Boeddha — spiritual and philosophical teacher
  • Dzongkha: ཤཱ་ཀྱ་ཐུབ་པ (shā kya thub pa) — spiritual and philosophical teacher
  • Esperanto: Budho — spiritual and philosophical teacher
  • Estonian: Buddha — spiritual and philosophical teacher
  • Finnish: Buddha — spiritual and philosophical teacher
  • French: Bouddha — spiritual and philosophical teacher
  • Georgian: ბუდა (buda) — spiritual and philosophical teacher
  • German: Buddha — spiritual and philosophical teacher
  • Greek: Βούδας (Voúdas) — spiritual and philosophical teacher
  • Ancient Greek: Βούδδας (Boúddas) — spiritual and philosophical teacher
  • Ancient Greek: Βούττας (Boúttas) — spiritual and philosophical teacher
  • Gujarati: બુદ્ધ (buddh) — spiritual and philosophical teacher
  • Hebrew: בּוּדְהָא (budha) — spiritual and philosophical teacher
  • Hindi: बुद्ध (buddh) — spiritual and philosophical teacher
  • Hungarian: Buddha — spiritual and philosophical teacher
  • Icelandic: Búdda — spiritual and philosophical teacher
  • Indonesian: Buddha — spiritual and philosophical teacher
  • Indonesian: Siddhārtha Gautama — spiritual and philosophical teacher
  • Irish: Búda — spiritual and philosophical teacher
  • Italian: Buddha — spiritual and philosophical teacher
  • Italian: Budda — spiritual and philosophical teacher
  • Japanese: 仏陀 (Budda; Butsuda) — spiritual and philosophical teacher
  • Japanese: 仏 (Hotoke) — spiritual and philosophical teacher
  • Kannada: ಗೌತಮ ಬುದ್ಧ (gautama buddha) — spiritual and philosophical teacher
  • Kannada: ಬುದ್ಧ (buddha) — spiritual and philosophical teacher
  • Kapampangan: Budda — spiritual and philosophical teacher
  • Karakhanid: بُرْخَنْ (burχan) — spiritual and philosophical teacher
  • Kashmiri: بۄد (bọd) — spiritual and philosophical teacher
  • Kazakh: Бұддһа (Būddha) — spiritual and philosophical teacher
  • Kazakh: Будда (Budda) — spiritual and philosophical teacher
  • Khmer: ព្រះពុទ្ធ (prĕəh put) — spiritual and philosophical teacher
  • Khmer: ពុទ្ធ (put) — spiritual and philosophical teacher
  • Korean: 부처 (Bucheo) — spiritual and philosophical teacher
  • Korean: 불타 (Bulta) — spiritual and philosophical teacher
  • Middle Korean: 부텨 (Pwùthyè) — spiritual and philosophical teacher
  • Kyrgyz: Будда (Budda) — spiritual and philosophical teacher
  • Lao: ພຸດທະ (phut tha) — spiritual and philosophical teacher
  • Lao: ພຸດ (phut) — spiritual and philosophical teacher
  • Latin: Buddas — spiritual and philosophical teacher
  • Latin: Budda — spiritual and philosophical teacher
  • Latvian: Buda — spiritual and philosophical teacher
  • Lisu: ꓩꓴꓹ ꓤꓽ (fǔ zɑ̀) — spiritual and philosophical teacher
  • Lithuanian: Buda — spiritual and philosophical teacher
  • Lü: ᦕᦳᧆᧈ (ṗhud1) — spiritual and philosophical teacher
  • Lü: ᦕᦳᧆᧈᦏᦰᧈ (ṗhud1ṫh!1) — spiritual and philosophical teacher
  • Macedonian: Буда (Buda) — spiritual and philosophical teacher
  • Malay: Buddha — spiritual and philosophical teacher
  • Malayalam: ബുദ്ധന് (buddhaṉ) — spiritual and philosophical teacher
  • Maltese: Buddha — spiritual and philosophical teacher
  • Manchu: ᡶᡠᠴᡳᡥᡳ (fucihi) — spiritual and philosophical teacher
  • Marathi: बुद्ध (buddha) — spiritual and philosophical teacher
  • Mongolian: Будда (Budda) — spiritual and philosophical teacher
  • Mongolian: Бурхан (Burxan) — spiritual and philosophical teacher
  • Nepali: बुद्ध (buddha) — spiritual and philosophical teacher
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Buddha — spiritual and philosophical teacher
  • Odia: ବୁଦ୍ଧ (buddha) — spiritual and philosophical teacher
  • Pali: Buddha — spiritual and philosophical teacher
  • Pali: ဗုဒ္ဓ (buddha) — spiritual and philosophical teacher
  • Pali: बुद्ध (buddha) — spiritual and philosophical teacher
  • Pali: พุทธะ (buddha) — spiritual and philosophical teacher
  • Pashto: بودا (budã) — spiritual and philosophical teacher
  • Persian: بت (bot) — spiritual and philosophical teacher
  • Persian: بودا (budâ) — spiritual and philosophical teacher
  • Middle Persian: 𐭡𐭥𐭲𐭩 — spiritual and philosophical teacher
  • Pohnpeian: Pwuda — spiritual and philosophical teacher
  • Polish: Budda — spiritual and philosophical teacher
  • Portuguese: Buda — spiritual and philosophical teacher
  • Ashokan Prakrit: 𑀩𑀼𑀥 (budha) — spiritual and philosophical teacher
  • Punjabi: ਬੁੱਧ (buddha) — spiritual and philosophical teacher
  • Rohingya: Buddá — spiritual and philosophical teacher
  • Romanian: Buddha — spiritual and philosophical teacher
  • Russian: Бу́дда (Búdda) — spiritual and philosophical teacher
  • Salar: Palçıx kiş — spiritual and philosophical teacher
  • Sanskrit: बुद्ध (buddha) — spiritual and philosophical teacher
  • Serbo-Croatian: Бу́да — spiritual and philosophical teacher
  • Serbo-Croatian: Búda — spiritual and philosophical teacher
  • Shan: ပုၵ်ႉထႃႉ (pṵ̂k thâ̰a) — spiritual and philosophical teacher
  • Sinhalese: බුද්ධ (buddha) — spiritual and philosophical teacher
  • Slovak: Budha — spiritual and philosophical teacher
  • Slovene: Búda — spiritual and philosophical teacher
  • Spanish: Buda — spiritual and philosophical teacher
  • Swedish: Buddha — spiritual and philosophical teacher
  • Tagalog: Buda — spiritual and philosophical teacher
  • Tajik: Буддо (Buddo) — spiritual and philosophical teacher
  • Tamil: புத்தன் (puttaṉ) — spiritual and philosophical teacher
  • Tamil: புத்தர் (puttar) — spiritual and philosophical teacher
  • Tatar: Будда (Budda) — spiritual and philosophical teacher
  • Telugu: బుద్ధుడు (buddhuḍu) — spiritual and philosophical teacher
  • Telugu: గౌతమబుద్ధుడు (gautamabuddhuḍu) — spiritual and philosophical teacher
  • Thai: พระพุทธเจ้า (prá-pút-tá-jâao) — spiritual and philosophical teacher
  • Thai: พระโพธิสัตว์ (prá-poo-tí-sàt) — spiritual and philosophical teacher
  • Thai: พุทธ (pút) — spiritual and philosophical teacher
  • Thai: พุทธะ (pút-tá) — spiritual and philosophical teacher
  • Thai: บุดด้า — spiritual and philosophical teacher
  • Tibetan: སངས་རྒྱས — spiritual and philosophical teacher
  • Tibetan: ཐུབ (thub) — spiritual and philosophical teacher
  • Tocharian B: Pañäkte — spiritual and philosophical teacher
  • Turkish: Buda — spiritual and philosophical teacher
  • Turkmen: Budda — spiritual and philosophical teacher
  • Tuvan: Богда (Bogda) — spiritual and philosophical teacher
  • Tuvan: Бурган (Burgan) — spiritual and philosophical teacher
  • Ukrainian: Бу́дда (Búdda) — spiritual and philosophical teacher
  • Urdu: بدھ (buddha) — spiritual and philosophical teacher
  • Uyghur: بۇددا (budda) — spiritual and philosophical teacher
  • Uzbek: Budda — spiritual and philosophical teacher
  • Vietnamese: Phật — spiritual and philosophical teacher
  • Vietnamese: Phật Đà — spiritual and philosophical teacher
  • Vietnamese: Đức Phật — spiritual and philosophical teacher
  • Vietnamese: Phật Tổ — spiritual and philosophical teacher
  • Vietnamese: đấng Giác ngộ — spiritual and philosophical teacher
  • Vietnamese: Bụt — spiritual and philosophical teacher
  • Yiddish: בודאַ (buda) — spiritual and philosophical teacher
  • Zhuang: Swzgyahmouzniz (Sakyamuni) — spiritual and philosophical teacher
  • Zhuang: baed — spiritual and philosophical teacher
  • Arabic: بُوذَا (būḏā) — enlightened human
  • Azerbaijani: budda — enlightened human
  • Bashkir: будда (budda) — enlightened human
  • Burmese: ဗုဒ္ဓ (buddha.) — enlightened human
  • Chinese Cantonese: 佛 (fat6) — enlightened human
  • Eastern Min Chinese: 佛 (hŭk) — enlightened human
  • Chinese: 佛 (zh-min-nan) — enlightened human
  • Chinese Mandarin: 佛 (fó) — enlightened human
  • Chinese Mandarin: 佛陀 (fótuó) — enlightened human
  • Esperanto: budho — enlightened human
  • Finnish: buddha — enlightened human
  • French: bouddha — enlightened human
  • Galician: Buda — enlightened human
  • Georgian: ბუდა (buda) — enlightened human
  • German: Buddha — enlightened human
  • Greek: βούδας (voúdas) — enlightened human
  • Hebrew: בודהה (budha) — enlightened human
  • Hungarian: buddha — enlightened human
  • Irish: búda — enlightened human
  • Japanese: 仏陀 (Budda, Butsuda) — enlightened human
  • Japanese: 仏 (Butsu) — enlightened human
  • Kazakh: будда (budda) — enlightened human
  • Khmer: សម្ពុទ្ធ (samput) — enlightened human
  • Khmer: ពុទ្ធ (put) — enlightened human
  • Korean: 부처 (bucheo) — enlightened human
  • Korean: 불타 (bulta) — enlightened human
  • Lao: ພຣະພຸດທະເຈົ້າ (phra phut tha chao) — enlightened human
  • Maithili: बुद्धत्व (buddhatva) — enlightened human
  • Malayalam: ബുദ്ധൻ (buddhaṉ) — enlightened human
  • Marathi: बुद्ध (buddha) — enlightened human
  • Mongolian: бурхан (burxan) — enlightened human
  • Persian: بودا (budâ) — enlightened human
  • Polish: budda — enlightened human
  • Portuguese: buda — enlightened human
  • Russian: бу́дда (búdda) — enlightened human
  • Sanskrit: बुद्ध (buddha) — enlightened human
  • Sinhalese: සම්මා සම්බුදුවරු (sammā sambuduwaru) — enlightened human
  • Spanish: Buda — enlightened human
  • Tamil: புத்தத்தன்மை (puttattaṉmai) — enlightened human
  • Thai: พระพุทธเจ้า (prá-pút-tá-jâao) — enlightened human
  • Tibetan: སངས་རྒྱས — enlightened human
  • Tok Pisin: buda — enlightened human
  • Vietnamese: phật — enlightened human
  • Vietnamese: phật đà — enlightened human
  • Vietnamese: phật tổ — enlightened human
  • Vietnamese: bụt — enlightened human
  • Zhuang: baed — enlightened human
  • Finnish: Buddhan kuva — statue or image of Buddha
  • Finnish: buddhankuva — statue or image of Buddha
  • Polish: budda — statue or image of Buddha
  • Portuguese: buda — statue or image of Buddha
  • Thai: พระพุทธรูป — statue or image of Buddha
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