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 | ||