Skip to content

zen

/ˈzɛn/noun1 syllable

Zen means: street name for lysergic acid diethylamide.

Synonyms for zen15

noun, as in street name for lysergic acid diethylamide

acid, back breaker, battery-acid, dose, dot, Elvis, loony toons, Lucy in the sky with diamonds, pane, superman, window pane

noun, as in school of Mahayana Buddhism asserting that enlightenment can come through meditation and intuition rather than faith; China and Japan

Zen Buddhism

noun, as in a Buddhist doctrine that enlightenment can be attained through direct intuitive insight

Zen Buddhism

also used for zen

enlightenment, particularly the kind acquired through Zen meditation, tao

Includes material from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What does zen mean?3

noun

1

street name for lysergic acid diethylamide

2

school of Mahayana Buddhism asserting that enlightenment can come through meditation and intuition rather than faith; China and Japan

3

a Buddhist doctrine that enlightenment can be attained through direct intuitive insight

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with zen?22

two syllables

againamencayenne

three syllables

madeleine
Show 40 near rhymes
theirtheregetthemwellsaidwherebesthelpnextagainstendleftletsetcarereadyettellheadwentyeslesssayshealthfriendsdeathelseairfriendredcheckmyselfyourselfwestgetshimselfselfheldinstead

Zen in a sentence

  • It would be fantastic to have a zen garden in front of the house!unknown
  • I have lived with several Zen masters, all of them cats.Katabasis
  • Zen priests beg for alms near Shinjuku station.Grayster
  • Esperanto, in a sense, is more Daoist or Zen as a language.nonong
  • He translated this piece of writing on Zen Buddhism.rbbrbb
  • They say Zen cultivates our mind.AlanF_US
  • They say that Zen strengthens our mind.WestofEden

Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.