ideals

The word “ideals” has 3 syllables: i-de-als

It's pronounced as /aɪˈdiːəlz/


What is synonym and antonym for ideals?

In the thesaurus, “ideals” has 93 synonyms and 3 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for ideals along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for ideals

  • abstracts
  • acmes
  • aims
  • ambitions
  • apexes
  • apices
  • apotheoses
  • archetypes
  • aspirations
  • avatars
  • beau ideals
  • benchmarks
  • bournes
  • bourns
  • bywords
  • classics
  • criteria
  • criterions
  • culminations
  • designs
  • desires
  • destinations
  • dreams
  • eidola
  • eidolons
  • embodiers
  • embodiments
  • ends
  • epitomes
  • essences
  • ethics
  • examples
  • exemplars
  • gages
  • gauges
  • goals
  • grails
  • guidelines
  • heights
  • holy grails
  • hopes
  • ideas
  • incarnations
  • incorporations
  • intentions
  • intents
  • last words
  • manifestations
  • marks
  • meanings
  • meridians
  • minds
  • mirrors
  • models
  • nirvanas
  • nonesuches
  • nonpareils
  • objectives
  • objects
  • paradigms
  • paragons
  • patron saints
  • patterns
  • peaks
  • perfections
  • personifications
  • phantoms
  • pinks
  • pinnacles
  • plans
  • plots
  • points
  • pretensions
  • principles
  • projects
  • prototypes
  • purposes
  • quintessences
  • role models
  • rules
  • schemes
  • standards
  • summits
  • targets
  • termini
  • terminuses
  • things
  • touchstones
  • ultimates
  • values
  • wishes
  • yardsticks
  • zeniths

Antonyms for ideals

  • means
  • methods
  • ways

Meanings of ideals

  • noun
    1. A perfect standard of beauty, intellect etc., or a standard of excellence to aim at.
    2. A subring closed under multiplication by its containing ring.
    3. (lattice theory) A non-empty lower set (of a partially ordered set) which is closed under binary suprema (a.k.a. joins).
    4. A collection of sets, considered small or negligible, such that every subset of each member and the union of any two members are also members of the collection.
    5. (Lie theory) A Lie subalgebra (subspace that is closed under the Lie bracket) 𝖍 of a given Lie algebra 𝖌 such that the Lie bracket [𝖌,𝖍] is a subset of 𝖍.

Example Sentences

  • Despite the challenges, the team held firm to their collective ideals throughout the project.
  • The community rallied around shared ideals of unity and compassion in times of crisis.
  • In their relationship, they discovered common values and ideals that strengthened their bond.
  • The organization's mission statement emphasized the importance of upholding ethical ideals.
  • Aspiring leaders often articulate their vision for the future based on their personal ideals.

On this page you'll find 96 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to ideals, such as: abstracts, acmes, aims, ambitions, apexes, apices, apotheoses.

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Related Words

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eidolons

habits

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  • gravity
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  • guise
  • habilitates
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  • haps
  • heroinisms
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  • ideals
  • ideology
  • inclinations
  • integrity
  • invests
  • jackets
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  • mores
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  • nature
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  • outfits
  • patterns
  • peculiarities
  • performance
  • physiques
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  • politeness
  • politesse
  • poses
  • practice
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  • presence
  • principles
  • proclivities
  • properness
  • propriety
  • protocol
  • psyche
  • psychology
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  • quirks
  • regimens
  • regimes
  • respectability
  • ritual
  • rituals
  • robes
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  • rotes
  • routine
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  • savoir-faire
  • scruples
  • seemliness
  • sets
  • shapes
  • singularities
  • social graces
  • speech
  • spirit
  • structures
  • style
  • style of living
  • styles
  • suits
  • swaddles
  • swathes
  • tact
  • tailors
  • talk
  • taste
  • tendencies
  • tenors
  • tenue
  • tics
  • toilets
  • tolerances
  • tone
  • traits
  • tricks
  • turns
  • underdresses
  • uniforms
  • usage
  • usages
  • uses
  • values
  • vests
  • vestures
  • way
  • way of acting
  • way of life
  • ways
  • wonts
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icons

  • VIPs
  • abstracts
  • actualizations
  • archetypes
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  • barons
  • beau ideals
  • big shots
  • bigwigs
  • caricatures
  • cartoons
  • causes celebres
  • celebrities
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  • ciphers
  • classics
  • collages
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  • daubs
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  • demigods
  • depictions
  • diagrams
  • dignitaries
  • doodles
  • drawings
  • embodiers
  • embodiments
  • eminences
  • epitomes
  • essences
  • etchings
  • exemplars
  • exemplifications
  • externalizations
  • favorites
  • figure
  • figures
  • finger paintings
  • genii
  • geniuses
  • glyphs
  • gods
  • graphical user interface
  • heartthrobs
  • heroes
  • hieroglyphics
  • hieroglyphs
  • ideals
  • ideograms
  • ideographs
  • idol
  • idols
  • ikon
  • illustrations
  • images
  • immortals
  • incarnations
  • incorporations
  • instantiations
  • kahunas
  • letters
  • lights
  • likeness
  • likenesses
  • luminaries
  • magnates
  • manifestations
  • megastars
  • models
  • moguls
  • montages
  • monuments
  • nabobs
  • names
  • nonpareils
  • notabilities
  • notables
  • notorieties
  • numerals
  • objectifications
  • painted image
  • panjandra
  • panjandrums
  • paradigms
  • paragons
  • patterns
  • personages
  • personalities
  • personalizations
  • personifications
  • personifiers
  • photographs
  • pictograms
  • pictographs
  • picture
  • pictures
  • pillars
  • portrait
  • portraits
  • portrayal
  • quintessences
  • realizations
  • reincarnations
  • representation
  • representations
  • resemblances
  • runes
  • signs
  • silhouettes
  • sketches
  • somebodies
  • souls
  • standouts
  • stars
  • substantiations
  • superstars
  • symbol
  • symbols
  • views
  • watercolors
  • worthies

ideas

  • aims
  • ambitions
  • conceptions
  • concepts
  • conversation
  • creed
  • culture
  • dogma
  • dreams
  • examples
  • goals
  • ideals
  • images
  • impressions
  • incarnations
  • information
  • intelligence
  • intentions
  • intents
  • manifestations
  • models
  • notions
  • objectives
  • objects
  • outlook
  • philosophy
  • pictures
  • plans
  • purposes
  • theory
  • things
  • thoughts
  • view

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