Synonyms for zen
zɛnzen

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1. Zen, Zen Buddhismnoun

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

   Synonyms:
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2. Zen, Zen Buddhismnoun

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

   Synonyms:
   battery-acid, window pane, acid, back breaker, superman, dose, dot, pane, loony toons

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

   street name for lysergic acid diethylamide

   Synonyms:
   back breaker, superman, dot, battery-acid, paneling, window glass, sexually transmitted disease, venereal infection, social disease, venereal disease, pane, panelling, window pane, dosage, dose, acid, pane of glass, point, demigod, loony toons, dit

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1. • Lysergic Acid Diethylamide

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:2.5 / 2 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "zen":

   zein, chan, smooth

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1. List of known nicknames for "Zen":

   Aslı Zen Yentur, Aslızen Yentur, Zen Saluja

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1. Eleni Kounalakis:

   I wasn't worried for Harris Jamaican because Harris Jamaican kept telling me,' whatever happened it was going to be fine.' Harris Jamaican was very zen about the whole process and Harris Jamaican did not want a campaign to put pressure on the vice president, harris Jamaican was very clear that Harris Jamaican wanted the job, but Harris Jamaican would wait and respectfully let him make his choice.

2. Westwood One:

   Its happening right before our eyes, and its going to destroy the country, as they try to push us into a socialistic economic system and destroy whats left of our constitutional system, its been a subterfuge to undermine our constitutional system, to undermine our capitalist system, and to create this almost zen-like support for this radical agenda -- which hasas its purposeto destroy many of our freedom institutions in this country.

3. Geoffrey Neighor:

   I've been thinking about that old Zen conundrum what's the sound of one hand clapping My personal opinion--nothing. You don't have two hands, you don't have any clapping. It's as simple as that. Stars, galaxies, clapping hands, what's the point The point is that we all need somebody, whether you're a supercluster or a little proton, a yin or a yang. Everybody is hooked into everybody else.

4. CaddyShack:

   The Zen philosopher, Basho, once wrote, 'A flute with no holes, is not a flute. A donut with no hole, is a Danish'.

5. Morgan Neville:

   The way I came to think of it is: Tony was an ultimate searcher and a seeker, but if you are really always seeking and always curious, then you can get lost. He had this tattoo that he got late in life that said in Greek ‘I am certain of nothing.’ That sounds very Zen, but it’s also a little sad.