Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun antepenultimate

1 sense of antepenultimate

Sense 1
antepenult, antepenultima, antepenultimate -- (the 3rd syllable of a word counting back from the end)
       => syllable -- (a unit of spoken language larger than a phoneme; "the word `pocket' has two syllables")

Antonyms of adj antepenultimate

1 sense of antepenultimate

Sense 1
antepenultimate -- (third from last)

INDIRECT (VIA intermediate) -> terminal -- (being or situated at an end; "the endmost pillar"; "terminal buds on a branch"; "a terminal station"; "the terminal syllable")

Similarity of adj antepenultimate

1 sense of antepenultimate

Sense 1
antepenultimate -- (third from last)
       => intermediate (vs. terminal) -- (lying between two extremes in time or space or state; "going from sitting to standing without intermediate pushes with the hands"; "intermediate stages in a process"; "intermediate stops on the route"; "an intermediate range plane")

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