Synonyms for ideal
aɪˈdi əl, aɪˈdilide·al

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1. idealnoun

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1. ideal

   An ideal is that which is conceived or taken as the highest type of excellence or ultimate object of attainment. The archetype is the primal form, actual or imaginary, according to which any existing thing is constructed; the prototype has or has had actual existence; in the derived sense, as in metrology, a prototype may not be the original form, but one having equal authority with that as a standard. An ideal may be primal, or may be slowly developed even from failures and by negations; an ideal is meant to be perfect, not merely the thing that has been attained or is to be attained, but the best conceivable thing that could by possibility be attained. The artist's ideal is his own mental image, of which his finished work is but an imperfect expression. The original is the first specimen, good or bad; the original of a master is superior to all copies. The standard may be below the ideal. The ideal is imaginary, and ordinarily unattainable; the standard is concrete, and ordinarily attainable, being a measure to which all else of its kind must conform; as, the standard of weights and measures, of corn, or of cotton. The idea of virtue is the mental concept or image of virtue in general; the ideal of virtue is the mental concept or image of virtue in its highest conceivable perfection. Compare EXAMPLE; IDEA.

   Synonyms:
   archetype, idea, model, original, pattern, prototype, standard

   Antonyms:
   accomplishment, achievement, act, action, attainment, development, doing, embodiment, execution, fact, incarnation, performance, practise, reality, realization

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1. ideal

   Synonyms:
   mental, notional, conceptional, intellectual, creative, spiritual, poetical, supposititious, fictitious, unreal, imaginary, chimerical, fanciful, imaginative

   Antonyms:
   physical, visible, material, tangible, historical, real, actual, palpable, substantial

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1. idealnoun

   the idea of something that is perfect; something that one hopes to attain

   Synonyms:
   nonpareil, nonsuch, nonesuch, apotheosis, saint, paragon

   Antonyms:
   imperfect, concrete

2. ideal, paragon, nonpareil, saint, apotheosis, nonesuch, nonsuchadjective

   model of excellence or perfection of a kind; one having no equal

   Synonyms:
   nonsuch, deification, saint, perfection, apotheosis, exaltation, holy man, idol, angel, nonpareil, paragon, nonesuch, holy person, beau ideal

   Antonyms:
   imperfect, concrete

3. idealadjective

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

   Synonyms:
   idealistic

   Antonyms:
   imperfect, concrete

4. idealadjective

   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"

   Synonyms:
   idealistic

   Antonyms:
   imperfect, concrete

5. ideal, idealisticadjective

   of or relating to the philosophical doctrine of the reality of ideas

   Synonyms:
   idealistic, rarified, noble-minded, elevated, lofty, exalted, sublime, rarefied, high-minded, high-flown, grand

   Antonyms:
   concrete, imperfect

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1. idealadjective

   Synonyms:
   intellectual, mental

2. idealadjective

   Synonyms:
   imaginary, unreal, fanciful, fantastic, fancied, illusory, chimerical, visionary, shadowy

3. idealnoun

   Synonyms:
   imaginary standard, ideal model of perfection

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1. idealadjective

   Synonyms:
   faultless, consummate, perfect

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1. List of paraphrases for "ideal":

   ideals, perfect, idéal, optimal, optimum, vision, exemplary, idea, idealism, satisfactory, desirable, idealistic, ideally

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1. Alain:

   When I was a young man I vowed never to marry until I found the ideal woman. Well, I found her but, alas, she was waiting for the ideal man.

2. Orison Swett Marden:

   We lift ourselves by our thought, we climb upon our vision of ourselves. If you want to enlarge your life, you must first enlarge your thought of it and of yourself. Hold the ideal of yourself as you long to be, always, everywhere - your ideal of what you long to attain - the ideal of health, efficiency, success.

3. President François Hollande:

   Three Americans and one Englishman ... you risked your lives to defend an ideal, the ideal of liberty and freedom.

4. President Francois Hollande:

   Three friends, discovering Europe -- heading to Paris, three Americans and one Englishman... you risked your lives to defend an ideal, the ideal of liberty and freedom.

5. Gertrude Stein:

   I simply contend that the middle-class ideal which demands that people be affectionate, respectable, honest and content, that they avoid excitements and cultivate serenity is the ideal that appeals to me, it is in short the ideal of affectionate family life, of honorable business methods.