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English adjective: ideal

1. ideal conforming to an ultimate standard of perfection or excellence; embodying an ideal


Similarperfect


Antonymsimperfect

2. ideal constituting or existing only in the form of an idea or mental image or conception


SamplesA poem or essay may be typical of its period in idea or ideal content.


Similarabstract


Antonymsconcrete

3. ideal of or relating to the philosophical doctrine of the reality of ideas


Synonymsidealistic


English noun: ideal

1. ideal (cognition) the idea of something that is perfect; something that one hopes to attain


Broader (hypernym)idea, thought


Narrower (hyponym)beau ideal, criterion, ego ideal, example, exemplar, good example, idol, model, paragon, perfection, standard, value

2. ideal (person) model of excellence or perfection of a kind; one having no equal


Synonymsapotheosis, nonesuch, nonpareil, nonsuch, paragon, saint


Broader (hypernym)model, role model


Narrower (hyponym)class act, crackerjack, humdinger, jimdandy, jimhickey









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