Definitions for: Penultimate

[n] the next to last syllable in a word
[adj] next to the last; "the author inadvertently reveals the murderer in the penultimate chapter"; "the figures in the next-to-last column"

Webster (1913) Definition: Pe*nul"ti*mate, a.
Last but one; as, the penultimate syllable, the last syllable
but one of a word.

Pe*nul"ti*mate, n.
The penult.

Synonyms: last, next-to-last, penult, penultima

See Also: syllable