Breadcrumb Home > Thesaurus > P Synonyms of penultimate Find synonyms for: Noun1. penult, penultima, penultimate, syllableusage: the next to last syllable in a wordAdjective1. penultimate, next-to-last, intermediate (vs. terminal)usage: next to the last; "the author inadvertently reveals the murderer in the penultimate chapter"; "the figures in the next-to-last column"WordNet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.Definition and meaning of penultimate (Dictionary) ✖ Related Content Daily Word Quiz: temporize Analogy of the Day: Today’s Analogy Frequently Misspelled Words Frequently Mispronounced Words Easily Confused Words Writing & Language