English noun: ideal |
1. | ideal (cognition) the idea of something that is perfect; something that one hopes to attain |
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| Broader (hypernym) | idea, thought |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | beau ideal, criterion, ego ideal, example, exemplar, good example, idol, model, paragon, perfection, standard, value |
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2. | ideal (person) model of excellence or perfection of a kind; one having no equal |
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| Synonyms | apotheosis, nonesuch, nonpareil, nonsuch, paragon, saint |
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| Broader (hypernym) | model, role model |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | class act, crackerjack, humdinger, jimdandy, jimhickey |
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