buddhist

Other forms of buddhist

plural

buddhists·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about buddhist

What does buddhist mean?

buddhist means "one who follows the teachings of Buddha". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in buddhist?

buddhist has 2 syllables: budd-hist. The stress falls on "budd". In IPA it is /ˈbudəst/.

What is another word for buddhist?

Close synonyms include Buddhistic. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is buddhist a common word?

buddhist is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.