ideal

ideal is a 5-letter English word with 11 senses as adjective and noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Existing in idea or thought; conceptional; intellectual; mental; as, ideal knowledge. Face value is 6 in Scrabble and 7 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

5 letters · Scrabble 6 · Words With Friends 7 · 11 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. Existing in idea or thought; conceptional; intellectual; mental; as, ideal knowledge.
2. adjective. Reaching an imaginary standard of excellence; fit for a model; faultless; as, ideal beauty.
3. adjective. Existing in fancy or imagination only; visionary; unreal.
4. adjective. Teaching the doctrine of idealism; as, the ideal theory or philosophy.
5. adjective. Imaginary.
6. noun. A mental conception regarded as a standard of perfection; a model of excellence, beauty, etc.
7. noun. the idea of something that is perfect; something that one hopes to attain
8. noun. model of excellence or perfection of a kind; one having no equal

   Synonyms: apotheosis, nonesuch, nonpareil, nonsuch, paragon, saint

9. adjective. constituting or existing only in the form of an idea or mental image or conception

   "a poem or essay may be typical of its period in idea or ideal content"

10. adjective. conforming to an ultimate standard of perfection or excellence; embodying an ideal
11. adjective. of or relating to the philosophical doctrine of the reality of ideas

    Synonyms: idealistic

Synonyms

apotheosis, nonesuch, nonpareil, nonsuch, paragon, saint, idealistic

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in ideal:

adiel, ailed, delia

Common word forms

ideals, ideally, idealise, ideality, idealize, idealless, idealness

Words from these letters

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