English word

Ideal

Definitions

adjective

  1. exactly right for a particular purpose, person, or situation
  2. of, relating to, or embodying an ideal
  3. conforming exactly to an ideal, law, or standard : perfect
  4. compare real sense 1c(4)
  5. existing as a mental image or in fancy or imagination only
  6. lacking practicalitybroadly
  7. relating to or constituting mental images, ideas, or conceptions
  8. of or relating to philosophical idealism
  9. existing as an archetypal ideaphilosophy

Synonyms for ideal

Closest evidence-backed alternatives.

  • theoretical
  • metaphysical
  • abstract
  • conceptual
  • idea
  • model
  • example