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Adjective ideal has 3 senses

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

Noun ideal has 2 senses

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