| Main Entry: | ideal |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | model, perfect |
Synonyms: |
Shangri-la, absolute, archetypal, classic, classical, complete, consummate, excellent, exemplary, fitting, flawless, have-it-all, indefectible, optimal, paradigmatic, pie-in-the-sky, prototypical, quintessential, representative, supreme |
| Notes: | ideal means conforming to an ultimate standard of perfection or excellence; idealistic means of or pertaining to idealists or their theories, pursuing perfection |
Antonyms: |
flawed, imperfect, incorrect, problematic, wrong |
| Main Entry: | imaginative |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | creative, inventive |
Synonyms: |
artistic, avant-garde, blue-sky, brain wave, breaking ground, clever, dreamy, enterprising, extravagant, fanciful, fantastic, fertile, fictive, high-flown, ingenious, inspired, offbeat, original, originative, pie-in-the-sky, poetic, poetical, productive, quixotic, romantic, utopian, visionary, vivid, way out, whimsical |
Antonyms: |
dull, uncreative, unimaginative, uninventive, unresourceful |
| Main Entry: | utopian |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | imaginary, ideal |
Synonyms: |
abstract, airy, ambitious, arcadian, chimerical, dream, fanciful, fantasy, grandiose, hopeful, idealist, idealistic, ideological, illusory, impossible, impractical, lofty, otherworldly, perfect, pie-in-the-sky, pretentious, quixotic, romantic, transcendental, unfeasible, visionary |
Antonyms: |
real |