a principle or standard of moral, aesthetic, etc excellence to be aspired to

a person or thing that embodies such a standard or is regarded as perfect

a standard of morality, perfection, beauty, or excellence

a person looked up to as embodying an ideal or as a model for imitation

something that exists only as an idea

an ultimate object or aim

existing only in the mind, esp as an ideal that cannot be found in real life

In an ideal world perhaps no one would have to work

relating to or constituting mental images, ideas, or conceptions