Noun:
1: ideal the idea of something that is perfect; something that one hopes to attain
2: ideal, paragon, saint, apotheosis, nonsuch, nonesuch, nonpareil model of excellence or perfection of a kind; one having no equal
Adjective:
1: perfect, ideal conforming to an ultimate standard of perfection or excellence; embodying an ideal
2: ideal, abstract 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"
3: philosophical doctrine, idealistic, philosophical theory, idealism, ideal of or relating to the philosophical doctrine of the reality of ideas