'Ideal' definitions:
Definition of 'ideal'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Conforming to an ultimate standard of perfection or excellence; embodying an ideal
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"
adjective
Of or relating to the philosophical doctrine of the reality of ideas [syn: ideal, idealistic]
noun
The idea of something that is perfect; something that one hopes to attain
noun
Definition of 'Ideal'
From: GCIDE
- Ideal \I*de"al\, n. A mental conception regarded as a standard of perfection; a model of excellence, beauty, etc. [1913 Webster]
- The ideal is to be attained by selecting and assembling in one whole the beauties and perfections which are usually seen in different individuals, excluding everything defective or unseemly, so as to form a type or model of the species. Thus, the Apollo Belvedere is the ideal of the beauty and proportion of the human frame. --Fleming. [1913 Webster]
- Beau ideal. See Beau ideal. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Ideal'
From: GCIDE
- Ideal \I*de"al\, a. [L. idealis: cf. F. id['e]al.]
- 1. Existing in idea or thought; conceptional; intellectual; mental; as, ideal knowledge. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Reaching an imaginary standard of excellence; fit for a model; faultless; as, ideal beauty. --Byron. [1913 Webster]
- There will always be a wide interval between practical and ideal excellence. --Rambler. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Existing in fancy or imagination only; visionary; unreal. "Planning ideal common wealth." --Southey. [1913 Webster]
- 4. Teaching the doctrine of idealism; as, the ideal theory or philosophy. [1913 Webster]
- 5. (Math.) Imaginary.
- Syn: Intellectual; mental; visionary; fanciful; imaginary; unreal; impracticable; utopian. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'ideal'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- absolute,
- abstract,
- academic,
- acme,
- ambition,
- apotheosis,
- apprehension,
- Arcadian,
- archetypal,
- archetype,
- archetypical,
- armchair,
- aspiration,
- assumption,
- autism,
- autistic thinking,
- basis,
- beau ideal,
- belief,
- best type,
- beyond all praise,
- brainstorm,
- calling,
- caprice,
- cause,
- celestial,
- chaste,
- chimerical,
- classic,
- classical,
- complete,
- complex idea,
- conceit,
- concept,
- conception,
- conceptual,
- conclusion,
- conjectural,
- conjecture,
- consideration,
- consummate,
- conviction,
- criterion,
- cynosure,
- defectless,
- dereism,
- dereistic thinking,
- dream,
- dreamery,
- Edenic,
- ego ideal,
- epitome,
- estimation,
- eternal object,
- eternal universal,
- example,
- excellent,
- exemplar,
- exemplary,
- fancied,
- fanciful,
- fancy,
- fantasy,
- faultless,
- feeling,
- fictitious,
- flawless,
- flight of fancy,
- formal cause,
- Geistesgeschichte,
- goal,
- good example,
- ground,
- guess,
- guiding light,
- guiding star,
- heavenly,
- Hegelian idea,
- hero,
- high goal,
- highest category,
- history of ideas,
- hypothesis,
- hypothetic,
- hypothetical,
- idealism,
- idealistic,
- ideality,
- idealization,
- idealized,
- ideals,
- ideate,
- ideational,
- ideatum,
- idee-force,
- ideological,
- idyllic,
- illusory,
- image,
- imaginary,
- imaginative exercise,
- imagined,
- immaculate,
- impeccable,
- impractical,
- impracticality,
- impression,
- inclination,
- indefectible,
- indefective,
- infallible,
- innate idea,
- inspiration,
- intellection,
- intention,
- irreproachable,
- jewel,
- judgment,
- just right,
- Kantian idea,
- lodestar,
- mainspring,
- man of men,
- masterpiece,
- masterwork,
- matter,
- millennial,
- mirror,
- model,
- moot,
- morals,
- motive,
- mythic,
- mythical,
- nonesuch,
- nonpareil,
- noosphere,
- notion,
- notional,
- noumenon,
- opinion,
- paradigm,
- paradigmatic,
- paradisal,
- paragon,
- pattern,
- pattern of perfection,
- peerless,
- percept,
- perception,
- perfect,
- persuasion,
- phoenix,
- Platonic form,
- Platonic idea,
- play of fancy,
- postulatory,
- precedential,
- presumption,
- principle,
- principles,
- prototypal,
- prototype,
- pure,
- quintessence,
- quintessential,
- quixotism,
- quixotry,
- reaching high,
- reaction,
- reason,
- reflection,
- regulative first principle,
- representative,
- romance,
- romantic,
- romanticism,
- sake,
- score,
- sentiment,
- shining example,
- simple idea,
- sinless,
- source,
- speculation,
- speculative,
- spotless,
- spring,
- stainless,
- standard,
- standards,
- subsistent form,
- supposition,
- supreme,
- surmise,
- suspicion,
- taintless,
- the Absolute,
- the Absolute Idea,
- the realized ideal,
- the Self-determined,
- theoretical,
- theory,
- thought,
- transcendent,
- transcendent idea,
- transcendent nonempirical concept,
- transcendent universal,
- transcendental,
- typical,
- ulterior motive,
- unadulterated,
- unblemished,
- uncontaminated,
- unfaultable,
- universal,
- universal concept,
- universal essence,
- unmixed,
- unpracticalness,
- unreal,
- unrealism,
- unreality,
- unspotted,
- untainted,
- upward looking,
- utopian,
- Utopian,
- utopianism,
- vagary,
- very,
- very model,
- view,
- visionariness,
- visionary,
- vocation,
- whim,
- whimsy,
- wish fulfillment,
- wish-fulfillment fantasy,
- wishful thinking
Ideal, GA -- U.S. city in Georgia
From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
Ideal, GA -- U.S. city in Georgia
Population (2000) :
518
Housing Units (2000) :
217
Land area (2000) :
1.165520 sq. miles (3.018682 sq. km)
Water area (2000) :
0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000) :
1.165520 sq. miles (3.018682 sq. km)
FIPS code :
40812
Located within :
Georgia (GA), FIPS 13
Location :
32.372918 N, 84.188822 W
ZIP Codes (1990) :
31041
Note :
some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.