Overview of noun ideal

The noun ideal has 2 senses

• ideal -- (the idea of something that is perfect; something that one hopes to attain)


• ideal, paragon, nonpareil, saint, apotheosis, nonesuch, nonsuch -- (model of excellence or perfection of a kind; one having no equal)

Overview of adj ideal

The adj ideal has 3 senses

• ideal -- (conforming to an ultimate standard of perfection or excellence; embodying an ideal)


• 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")


• ideal, idealistic -- (of or relating to the philosophical doctrine of the reality of ideas)