All ideal synonyms

noun ideal

• value — relative worth, merit, or importance: the value of a college education; the value of a queen in chess.
• standard — something considered by an authority or by general consent as a basis of comparison; an approved model.
• goal — the result or achievement toward which effort is directed; aim; end.
• perfection — the state or quality of being or becoming perfect.
• archetype — An archetype is something that is considered to be a perfect or typical example of a particular kind of person or thing, because it has all their most important characteristics.
• criterion — A criterion is a factor on which you judge or decide something.
• epitome — A person or thing that is a perfect example of a particular quality or type.
• example — A thing characteristic of its kind or illustrating a general rule.
• exemplar — A person or thing serving as a typical example or excellent model.
• idol — an image or other material object representing a deity to which religious worship is addressed.
• jewel — a female given name.
• mirror — any reflecting surface, as the surface of calm water under certain lighting conditions.
• nonesuch — a person or thing without equal; paragon.
• nonpareil — having no equal; peerless.
• paradigm — Grammar. a set of forms all of which contain a particular element, especially the set of all inflected forms based on a single stem or theme. a display in fixed arrangement of such a set, as boy, boy's, boys, boys'.
• paragon — a model or pattern of excellence or of a particular excellence: a paragon of virtue. Synonyms: ideal, standard, epitome, quintessence; example, exemplar, paradigm.
• pattern — a distinctive style, model, or form: a new pattern of army helmet.
• prototype — the original or model on which something is based or formed.
• last word — the closing remark or comment, as in an argument: By the rules of debate she would have the last word.
• essence — The intrinsic nature or indispensable quality of something, esp. something abstract, that determines its character.
• stereotype — a process, now often replaced by more advanced methods, for making metal printing plates by taking a mold of composed type or the like in papier-mâché or other material and then taking from this mold a cast in type metal.
• icon — a picture, image, or other representation.
• height — extent or distance upward: The balloon stopped rising at a height of 500 feet.