ideal
Meaning of ideal
adjective
- satisfying one's conception of what is perfect; most suitable.
the swimming pool is ideal for a quick dip
this is an ideal opportunity to save money
- existing only in the imagination; desirable or perfect but not likely to become a reality.
in an ideal world, we might have made a different decision
- a person or thing regarded as perfect.
you're my ideal of how a man should be
late Middle English (as a term in Platonic philosophy, in the sense ‘existing as an archetype’): from late Latin idealis, from Latin idea (see idea).
Information about ideal
- The plural form of ideal is: ideals.
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- It consists of 1 syllables and 5 chars.
- ideal is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
ideal synonyms
Meaning idealistic:
Meaning paragon:
paragon, nonpareil, saint, apotheosis, nonesuch, nonsuch
Meaning having all the required or desirable elements, qualities, or characteristics; as good as it is possible to be:
Meaning showing great skill and flair:
Meaning highest in rank or authority:
Meaning not qualified or diminished in any way; total:
Meaning having all the necessary or appropriate parts:
Meaning exactly in accordance with established criteria; perfect:
Meaning without any imperfections or defects; perfect:
Meaning free from defect or error:
Meaning serving as a desirable model; very good:
Meaning judged over a period of time to be of the highest quality and outstanding of its kind:
Meaning very typical of a certain kind of person or thing:
Meaning a three-dimensional representation of a person or thing or of a proposed structure, typically on a smaller scale than the original:
Meaning being the best or most extreme example of its kind:
Meaning representing the most perfect or typical example of a quality or class:
Meaning not able to be reached or achieved:
Meaning (of an aim or objective) too difficult to be achieved:
Meaning (of a course of action) impossible in practice to do or carry out:
Meaning not able to function or be carried out successfully; impractical:
Meaning inconvenient or impractical:
Meaning imaginary or illusory:
Meaning not real or true; imaginary or fabricated:
Meaning based on or serving as a hypothesis:
Meaning concerned with or involving the theory of a subject or area of study rather than its practical application:
Meaning existing only in the imagination:
Meaning regarded or represented as perfect or better than in reality:
Meaning modelled on or aiming for a state in which everything is perfect; idealistic:
Meaning conducive to or characterized by the expression of love:
Meaning extremely idealistic; unrealistic and impractical:
Meaning thinking about or planning the future with imagination or wisdom:
Meaning over-imaginative and unrealistic:
Meaning the state or quality of being perfect:
Meaning a person or thing that is a perfect example of a particular quality or type:
ideal antonyms
Meaning of poor quality or a low standard:
Meaning able to be attained; achievable:
Meaning actually existing as a thing or occurring in fact; not imagined or supposed:
Translation of ideal
Anagrams of ideal
Adiel, Adlei, ailed, Aldie, Daile, Delia, eliad, Elida
Words that rhyme with ideal
deal, Christianiadeal, megadeal, redeal, somedeal, farthingdeal, Rideal, counterideal, hyoideal, irideal, mastoideal, nonideal, prethyroideal, subideal, superideal, thyreoideal, thyroideal, unideal, halfendeal, thirdendeal, proctodeal, propodeal, stomodeal, afterdeal, fordeal, interdeal, ordeal, overdeal, misdeal, mostdeal, everydeal, gonydeal
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