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ideal
adjective as in model, perfect
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archetypal, complete, consummate, exemplary, flawless, have-it-all, indefectible, paradigmatic, pie-in-the-sky, prototypical, supreme
adjective as in conceptual; impractical
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abstract, hypothetical, imaginary, intellectual, utopian, visionary
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chimerical, dreamlike, extravagant, fanciful, fictitious, high-flown, in the clouds, ivory-tower, mental, mercurial, notional, out of reach, quixotic, theoretical, transcendent, transcendental, unearthly
Example Sentences
This is because Potter waited 637 days to make what he regarded as a carefully calculated return to the game after leaving Chelsea, believing West Ham was the ideal place to flourish once more.
It is far from ideal for the Australian, particularly as even he recognised that his appointment was hardly "love at first sight" as far many Forest fans were concerned.
You see football like an ideal world when you are out of the game and you would love to work there, and when it becomes your everyday work, it's just a workhorse.
His was a platform that may well have been ideal for despondency.
His second-half spot kick was the ideal chance to end that but the scuffed strike lacked confidence and allowed Skorupski to save with his legs.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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