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ideal

 
Adjective ideal has 3 senses
  1. ideal - conforming to an ultimate standard of perfection or excellence; embodying an ideal
    Antonym:
    imperfect (indirect, via perfect)
  2. 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)
  3. ideal, idealistic - of or relating to the philosophical doctrine of the reality of ideas
Noun ideal has 2 senses
  1. 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
  2. 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
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