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

1 sense of penultimate

Sense 1
penult, penultima, penultimate -- (the next to last syllable in a word)
       => syllable -- (a unit of spoken language larger than a phoneme; "the word `pocket' has two syllables")

Antonyms of adj penultimate

1 sense of penultimate

Sense 1
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")

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 penultimate

1 sense of penultimate

Sense 1
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")
       => 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")