- a conception of something in its perfection.
- a standard of perfection or excellence.
- a person or thing conceived as embodying such a conception or conforming to such a standard, and taken as a model for imitation: Thomas Jefferson was his ideal.
- an ultimate object or aim of endeavor, especially one of high or noble character: He refuses to compromise any of his ideals.
- something that exists only in the imagination: To achieve the ideal is almost hopeless.
- a subring of a ring, any element of which when multiplied by any element of the ring results in an element of the subring.
- conceived as constituting a standard of perfection or excellence: ideal beauty.
- regarded as perfect of its kind: an ideal spot for a home.
- existing only in the imagination; not real or actual: Nature is real; beauty is ideal.
- advantageous; excellent; best: It would be ideal if she could accompany us as she knows the way.
- based upon an ideal or ideals: the ideal theory of numbers.
- Philosophy.
- pertaining to a possible state of affairs considered as highly desirable.
- pertaining to or of the nature of idealism.
- a conception of something that is perfect, esp that which one seeks to attain
- a person or thing considered to represent perfection
- something existing only as an idea
- a pattern or model, esp of ethical behaviour
- conforming to an ideal
- of, involving, or existing in the form of an idea
- philosophy
- of or relating to a highly desirable and possible state of affairs
- of or relating to idealism
