Possible Definitions:
1. Ideal (a.) Existing in idea or thought; conceptional; intellectual; mental; as, ideal knowledge.
2. Ideal (a.) Reaching an imaginary standard of excellence; fit for a model; faultless; as, ideal beauty.
3. Ideal (a.) Existing in fancy or imagination only; visionary; unreal.
4. Ideal (a.) Teaching the doctrine of idealism; as, the ideal theory or philosophy.
5. Ideal (a.) Imaginary.
6. Ideal (n.) A mental conception regarded as a standard of perfection; a model of excellence, beauty, etc.