Overview of noun penultimate

The noun penultimate has 1 sense

• penult, penultima, penultimate -- (the next to last syllable in a word)

Overview of adj penultimate

The adj penultimate has 1 sense

• penultimate, next-to-last -- (next to the last; "the author inadvertently reveals the murderer in the penultimate chapter"; "the figures in the next-to-last column")