Ideal

Definition of ideal:

part of speech: adverb

Ideally.

part of speech: noun

Highest conception.

part of speech: noun

The highest conception of anything.

part of speech: adjective

Existing in idea; mental; imaginative.

part of speech: noun

A mental conception or an individual regarded as the standard of perfection.

part of speech: adjective

Existing in imagination only; visionary; impractical; conforming to a standard of perfection; perfect.

part of speech: adjective

Existing in idea: mental: existing in imagination only: the highest and best conceivable, the perfect, as opp. to the real, the imperfect.

Usage examples for ideal:

• It was all ideal "Poor, Dear Margaret Kirby and Other Stories", Kathleen Norris.

• It happens, however, that it is not only an ideal question that is at issue. "The Economic Consequences of the Peace", John Maynard Keynes.

• Simplicity of life was his ideal "Rousseau Volumes I. and II.", John Morley.

• I bought a horse last week that would just suit you- an ideal woman's horse. "The Complete PG Edition of The Works of Winston Churchill", Winston Churchill.