ideal | | |
n. (cognition) | 1. ideal | the idea of something that is perfect; something that one hopes to attain. |
| ~ idea, thought | the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about.; "it was not a good idea"; "the thought never entered my mind" |
| ~ value | an ideal accepted by some individual or group.; "he has old-fashioned values" |
| ~ beau ideal, paragon, perfection, idol | an ideal instance; a perfect embodiment of a concept. |
| ~ criterion, standard | the ideal in terms of which something can be judged.; "they live by the standards of their community" |
| ~ exemplar, good example, example, model | something to be imitated.; "an exemplar of success"; "a model of clarity"; "he is the very model of a modern major general" |
| ~ ego ideal | (psychoanalysis) the part of the ego that contains an ideal of personal excellence toward which a person strives. |
n. (person) | 2. apotheosis, ideal, nonesuch, nonpareil, nonsuch, paragon, saint | model of excellence or perfection of a kind; one having no equal. |
| ~ crackerjack, jimdandy, jimhickey | someone excellent of their kind.; "he's a jimdandy of a soldier" |
| ~ role model, model | someone worthy of imitation.; "every child needs a role model" |
| ~ class act | someone who shows impressive and stylish excellence. |
| ~ humdinger | someone of remarkable excellence.; "a humdinger of a secretary" |
adj. | 3. ideal | conforming to an ultimate standard of perfection or excellence; embodying an ideal. |
| ~ perfect | being complete of its kind and without defect or blemish.; "a perfect circle"; "a perfect reproduction"; "perfect happiness"; "perfect manners"; "a perfect specimen"; "a perfect day" |
adj. | 4. 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" |
| ~ abstract | existing only in the mind; separated from embodiment.; "abstract words like `truth' and `justice'" |
adj. (pertain) | 5. ideal, idealistic | of or relating to the philosophical doctrine of the reality of ideas. |
Recent comments
8 weeks 4 days ago
11 weeks 4 days ago
13 weeks 3 days ago
20 weeks 5 days ago
23 weeks 3 days ago
24 weeks 6 days ago
24 weeks 6 days ago
25 weeks 21 hours ago
30 weeks 2 days ago
30 weeks 2 days ago