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ideal
adjective as in model, perfect
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archetypal, complete, consummate, exemplary, flawless, have-it-all, indefectible, paradigmatic, pie-in-the-sky, prototypical, supreme
adjective as in conceptual; impractical
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abstract, hypothetical, imaginary, intellectual, utopian, visionary
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chimerical, dreamlike, extravagant, fanciful, fictitious, high-flown, in the clouds, ivory-tower, mental, mercurial, notional, out of reach, quixotic, theoretical, transcendent, transcendental, unearthly
Example Sentences
You see football like an ideal world when you are out of the game and you would love to work there, and when it becomes your everyday work, it's just a workhorse.
His was a platform that may well have been ideal for despondency.
His second-half spot kick was the ideal chance to end that but the scuffed strike lacked confidence and allowed Skorupski to save with his legs.
But adapting to the quality of his players whilst retaining his principles - although easier said than done - might have been a more ideal fix in the short term.
Combine “There Will Be Blood’s” voracious oil baron and “The Master’s” manipulative spiritual guru with this movie’s America-first nativists and you have Anderson’s unholy trinity of characters who have corrupted our founders’ ideals.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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