Buddhist

American  

[bood-ist, bood-ist] / ˈbud ɪst, ˈbʊd ɪst /

adjective

1. of or relating to Buddhism, its adherents, or the nations and cultures where it is the majority religion.

2. promoting or making use of ideas or principles of Buddhism.

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noun

1. a believer or follower of Buddhism.

Example Sentences

Social media posts suggest she had been, at least up until last year, an active member of a Zen Buddhist centre in New York.

From BBC • May 19, 2026

Greco-Roman classicism traveled east and influenced the depiction of Buddhist subjects.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

“It worked pretty well,” Mac Davis, one of the founders, who is also an ordained Buddhist monk, told me on a video call.

From Slate • Mar. 30, 2026

"Without getting too 'woo woo', there is a Buddhist saying on a podcast that 'yesterday's dead, tomorrow isn't born, there is only today'," he says.

From BBC • Mar. 2, 2026

Even though my mom is Christian, my father grew up Buddhist, and so my parents didn’t force religion on either me or my brother.

From "Finding Junie Kim" by Ellen Oh