ideal: meaning and words from its letters
5 letters · 6 letter points · starts with I · ends with L
Meaning of ideal
adj
Pertaining to ideas, or to a given idea.
Existing only in the mind; conceptual, imaginary.
Optimal; being the best possibility.
Perfect, flawless, having no defects.
Source: Wiktionary — ideal.
noun
A perfect standard of beauty, intellect etc., or a standard of excellence to aim at.
A two-sided ideal; a subset of a ring which is closed under both left and right multiplication by elements of the ring.
Example: Let #92;mathbb#123;Z#125; be the ring of integers and let 2#92;mathbb#123;Z#125; be its ideal of even integers. Then the quotient ring #92;mathbb#123;Z#125;#47;2#92;mathbb#123;Z#125; is a Boolean ring.
A non-empty lower set (of a partially ordered set) which is closed under binary suprema (a.k.a. joins).
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.
Example: Formally, an ideal I of a given set X is a nonempty subset of the powerset #92;mathcal#123;P#125;(X) such that: (1)#92;#92;emptyset#92;inI, (2)#92;A#92;inI#92;andB#92;subseteqA#92;impliesB#92;inI and (3)#92;A,B#92;inI#92;impliesA#92;cupB#92;inI.
Listed forms: ideals.
Source: Wiktionary — ideal.
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Synonyms by meaning
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adjective
of or relating to the philosophical doctrine of the reality of ideas
noun
model of excellence or perfection of a kind; one having no equal
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
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Letter-value score of ideal
I(1) + D(2) + E(1) + A(1) + L(1) = 6 points.
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Anagrams of ideal
1 other standard-list word uses exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
Shorter words from ideal
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