beau ideal

1 someone of such unequaled perfection as to deserve imitation she is the beau ideal of the beautiful but unassuming film actress Synonyms of beau ideal ideal, classic, eidolon, exemplar, idea, model, nonesuch, nonpareil, paragon, patron saintWords Related to beau ideal role model; embodiment, epitome, incarnation, manifestation, personification, phantom, pink; archetype, example, mirror, paradigm, pattern; guideline, principle, rule; gauge (also gage), standard, touchstone; essence, quintessence; acme, apex, apotheosis, culmination, peak, pinnacle, summit, zenith

2 the most perfect type or example Frank Lloyd Wright's most famous architectural creation, Falling Water, is widely regarded as the beau ideal of a building in harmony with its setting Synonyms of beau ideal acme, apotheosis, quintessence, byword, classic, epitome, exemplar, ideal, perfectionWords Related to beau ideal archetype, model, prototype; paradigm, standard; nonpareil, paragon; abstract, avatar, embodier, embodiment, incarnation, incorporation, manifestation, personification; height, last word, meridian, ultimate, zenith; benchmark, criterion, touchstone, yardstick