adj.
1.conforming to an ultimate standard of perfection or excellence
2.constituting or existing only in the form of an idea or mental image or conception
3.of or relating to the philosophical doctrine of the reality of ideas ideal n.
1.the idea of something that is perfect
2.model of excellence or perfection of a kind
Idiom of the Day
shove (something) down (someone's) throat
to force someone to do or agree to something that they do not like or do not want to do
I do not like my supervisor because he is always trying to shove his ideas down my throat.