- ideal - conforming to an ultimate standard of perfection or excellence; embodying an ideal
Antonym: imperfect (indirect, via perfect)
- ideal - constituting or existing only in the form of an idea or mental image or conception; "a poem or essay may be typical of its period in idea or ideal content"
Antonym: concrete (indirect, via abstract)
- ideal, idealistic - of or relating to the philosophical doctrine of the reality of ideas
- ideal - the idea of something that is perfect; something that one hopes to attain
--1 is a kind of idea, thought
--1 has particulars:value; paragon, idol, perfection, beau ideal; criterion, standard; exemplar, example, model, good example; ego ideal Derived forms: verb idealize2, verb idealize1, verb idealise2, verb idealise1 - ideal, paragon, nonpareil, saint, apotheosis, nonesuch, nonsuch - model of excellence or perfection of a kind; one having no equal
--2 is a kind of model, role model
--2 has particulars:jimdandy, jimhickey, crackerjack; class act; humdinger