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ideal
Synonyms and Antonyms of ideal
- Honesty is an ideal entity that has more admirers than practitioners.
abstract, conceptual, metaphysical, notional, theoretical (also theoretic)
conjectural, hypothetical, speculative
cosmic (also cosmical), intellectual, mental, spiritual
ethereal, immaterial, incorporeal, insubstantial, nonmaterial, nonphysical, unsubstantial
impalpable, imperceptible, insensible, intangible, invisible
impractical, romantic, transcendent, transcendental, unreal, utopian, visionary
- He depicts an ideal society in which conflict and privation are unknown.
chimerical (also chimeric), fabulous, fanciful, fantasied, fantastic (also fantastical), fictional, fictitious, imaginal, imaginary, imagined, invented, made-up, make-believe, mythical (or mythic), notional, phantasmal, phantasmic, phantom, pretend, unreal, visionary
- She is an ideal candidate for the job.
ideal
Synonyms and Antonyms of ideal
- She's our ideal of the concerned, caring physician.
- The Taj Mahal in India is generally regarded as the ideal of Mogul architectural beauty.
- His ideal is to make enough money so that he can retire at 50.
name of the game
Synonym Discussion of ideal
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- a decor that is a model of good taste
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- children tend to follow the example of their parents
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- American industry set a pattern for others to follow
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- cited Joan of Arc as the exemplar of courage
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- never found a job that matched his ideal
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