Ideal

Antonyms for ideal:

imperfect, real, factual, actual, genuine.

Synonyms for ideal:

Sense 1

impeccable, attractive, commitment, meeting ground, construct, flavor, message, felicitous, belief, top-notch, old wives' tale, theory, matchless, the gold standard, absolute, illusion, ideally, seemly, postulate, first-rate, beautiful, universal, abstraction, unsurpassed, nostrum, marriageable, doublethink, premise, quintessential, reference point, superstructure, reverie, untouchable, tasteful, bandwagon, tenet, hypothetic, opportune, echo, peerless, commensurate, optimal, heroine, unrivaled, expectation, timely, daydream, top-flight, principle, well-chosen, suitable, thread, becoming, picture, fit for purpose, assumption, fallacy, delusion, unequalled, unparalleled, duly, hospitable, watertight, unmatched, unbeatable, made-to-order, par excellence, philosophy, world-beater, approved, eccentricity, conveniently, world-class, the Top Ten, wishful thinking, stereotype, siege mentality, truth, shibboleth, brainwave, world-beating, classical, hypothesis, suitably, line, invisible, deduction, immaculate, optimum, heaven-sent, adapted, supposition, presumption.

Sense 2

flagship, STANDOUT, calculation, orthodoxy, sense, projection, dream, definitive, convenient, tailor-made, fitting, perfectly, infallible, artistic, paradigm, ready, correspondent, suited, appropriate, pillar, possible, idealism, meet, head, properly, faith, incomparable, transcendental, conclusion, brainstorm, reflection.

Sense 3

hypothetical, aspiration, first class, wish for, apt, transcendent, flash.

Sense 4

the last word, prime, proper, hot stuff.

Sense 5

queen, king, mirror, best.

Sense 7

fit.

Sense 8

first.

Sense 9

star.

Sense 11

good.

aim

cause.

assumed

theoretic.

characteristic

typical.

fancied

imaginary.

ideological

theoretical.

impractical

visionary.

moral excellence

virtue.

outstanding

classic.

conceptual; impractical (adjective)

hypothetical, chimerical, visionary, notional, fictitious, transcendental, theoretical, transcendent, utopian, unreal, high-flown, imaginary, fanciful, abstract.

hypothetic (adjective)

hypothetic.

illusive (adjective)

phantasmic, phantasmal.

incomparable (adjective)

unequalled, incomparable.

model (adjective)

instance, image, archetypal, simulation, sample, prototype, specimen, example, quintessential, model, exemplary.

model, perfect (adjective)

archetypal, classic, Indefectible, classical, absolute, quintessential, optimal, exemplary, flawless, fitting.

notional (adjective)

notional.

optimum (adjective)

optimal.

perfect (adjective)

Indefectible, absolute, fitting, perfect.

visionary (adjective)

visionary.

Sense 1 (noun)

commitment, concept, theory, principle, belief, thought, idea, faith, philosophy.

Sense 3 (noun)

good, king, the Top Ten, mirror, flagship, the last word, the gold standard, optimum, queen, paradigm.

Sense 4 (noun)

aspiration, perfectly, watertight, dream, infallible, ideally.

Sense 5 (noun)

typical.

Sense 6 (noun)

fitting, absolute.

ideal (noun)

apotheosis, idealistic, utopian, nonesuch, abstract, saint, perfect, nonpareil, paragon, nonsuch.

model (noun)

idol, paragon, prototype, nonesuch, epitome, nonpareil, standard, exemplar, archetype, mirror, pattern, paradigm, example, goal, perfection.

nonpareil (noun)

nonpareil.

perfection (noun)

idealism.

typical (noun)

typical.

visionary (noun)

unreal.

liked (verb)

favorite.

Usage examples for ideal:

• A more ideal place for flying could not be imagined. - "The Girl Aviators and the Phantom Airship", Margaret Burnham.
• On the surface it looked like an ideal match. - "Edgar Saltus: The Man", Marie Saltus.
• Yes, men and wimmen both have seen that Ideal Land, that New Land of Liberty and Love. - "Samantha at the World's Fair", Marietta Holley.