English adjective: penultimate | |||
1. | penultimate next to the last | ||
Samples | The author inadvertently reveals the murderer in the penultimate chapter. The figures in the next-to-last column. | ||
Synonyms | next-to-last | ||
Similar | intermediate | ||
Antonyms | terminal | ||
English noun: penultimate | |||
1. | penultimate (communication) the next to last syllable in a word | ||
Synonyms | penult, penultima | ||
Broader (hypernym) | syllable | ||