IDEALS Synonyms: 94 Similar and Opposite Words

ideals

noun

plural of ideal

as in ideas

someone of such unequaled perfection as to deserve imitation she's our ideal of the concerned, caring physician

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as in perfections

the most perfect type or example the Taj Mahal in India is generally regarded as the ideal of Mogul architectural beauty

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as in goals

something that one hopes or intends to accomplish his ideal is to make enough money so that he can retire at 50

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Recent Examples of ideals And in making their decisions to leave, both Kate and Hal are weighing the trade-off between access and ideals. — Hilary Lewis, HollywoodReporter, 20 Oct. 2026 His latest, The Case for America, is a paean to the founding ideals of the country. — Aidan McLaughlin, Vanity Fair, 16 Oct. 2026 Joan, on the other hand, has taken the ideals of her scientist father (John Malkovich) to absurd lengths. — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 15 Oct. 2026 The nearly three dozen members of Troop 32 strive to live by the ideals of Scout Law. — Juli McDonald, CBS News, 13 Oct. 2026 Some risked their lives for journalistic ideals, others for no clear reason. — Ben Taub, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026 The idea that death is a spectacle, however, and intended for public consumption is in line with their misplaced ideals. — Colin Pascal, Baltimore Sun, 12 Oct. 2026 The ongoing spat with the US has resonated with swing voters who lean right and embrace nationalist ideals. — Alessandra Freitas, CNN Money, 4 Oct. 2026 Journalist Reitman connects lives of nine Americans over three decades, vividly showing how ideals can give way to fear. — Bethanne Patrick, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026

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Noun

Our research and engineering remain world-class, but our record of getting ideas to market and improving how products are made has been less stellar.

— Rick Lazio, Fortune, 24 Oct. 2026
As the woman in the shop explained to them, and the editors dutifully left in the episode to exonerate them, part of the aesthetic is bridging international ideas of cuteness (or kawaii in Japanese).

— Brian Moylan, Vulture, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of ideas

Noun

The Sun enters your sign today, beginning your season and putting greater emphasis on your goals, identity, presence, and personal direction.

— Tarot.com, New York Daily News, 23 Oct. 2026
Knuble, playing his second career game, scored his first two goals in front of his father, former NHL forward Mike Knuble, who played 1,068 games with five teams.

— CBS News, CBS News, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of goals

Noun

Instead of manufacturing and physically testing hundreds of battery designs, engineers used computer models to evaluate more than 300,000 possible configurations before producing a prototype.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 23 Oct. 2026
The connective tissue between different models remains immature, and real transformation depends on it.

— Chris Koehler, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of models

Noun

That album, like the Dio Sabbath classics before it, was fine-tuned for metalhead appreciation, thick with crushing riffs and dramatic vocals.

— Brad Sanders, Pitchfork, 27 Oct. 2026
Dinner is a five-course omakase, where Nobu classics like the miso cod make cameos.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of classics

Noun

Combined with its co-founders' pledge to donate 80% of their equity and an employee donation matching program, roughly 20% of Anthropic's shares will be dedicated to public purposes, excluding any additional shares added later.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 20 Oct. 2026
Preliminary findings indicate Wilcher accessed it on multiple occasions for non-law enforcement purposes, the GBI said.

— CBS News Atlanta Digital Team, CBS News, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of purposes

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The world’s highest-profile tech billionaires offer the most conspicuous examples.

— Molly A. Wallace, Fortune, 24 Oct. 2026
The original plan for 25 street-legal M6 GTs was eventually altered to 50 examples due to FIA requirements, but production never came to fruition, derailed by the 32-year-old McLaren’s death during testing at Goodwood in 1970.

— Jason Barlow, Robb Report, 24 Oct. 2026

Definition of examples

Noun

Rachel Ojuromi had been in Paris for a week when one of her oldest manifestations started to become real life.

— Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 6 Oct. 2026
Compared with the political circus in Washington and the malaise in the rest of America, such surface-level manifestations of China’s wealth and power often lead to sweeping conclusions about relative national trajectories.

— Carl Minzner, Foreign Affairs, 5 Oct. 2026

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