ALL meanings of ideals
i·de·al
I i - noun ideals Plural form of ideal. 1
- noun ideals a conception of something in its perfection. 1
- noun ideals a standard of perfection or excellence. 1
- noun ideals a person or thing conceived as embodying such a conception or conforming to such a standard, and taken as a model for imitation: Thomas Jefferson was his ideal. 1
- noun ideals an ultimate object or aim of endeavor, especially one of high or noble character: He refuses to compromise any of his ideals. 1
- noun ideals something that exists only in the imagination: To achieve the ideal is almost hopeless. 1
- noun ideals Mathematics. a subring of a ring, any element of which when multiplied by any element of the ring results in an element of the subring. 1
- adjective ideals conceived as constituting a standard of perfection or excellence: ideal beauty. 1
- adjective ideals regarded as perfect of its kind: an ideal spot for a home. 1
- adjective ideals existing only in the imagination; not real or actual: Nature is real; beauty is ideal. 1
- adjective ideals advantageous; excellent; best: It would be ideal if she could accompany us as she knows the way. 1
- adjective ideals based upon an ideal or ideals: the ideal theory of numbers. 1
- adjective ideals Philosophy. pertaining to a possible state of affairs considered as highly desirable. pertaining to or of the nature of idealism. 1
- noun ideals plural of ideal. 0