penultimate

penultimate is a 11-letter English word with 4 senses as adjective and noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Last but one; as, the penultimate syllable, the last syllable but one of a word. Face value is 15 in Scrabble and 20 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

11 letters · Scrabble 15 · Words With Friends 20 · 4 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. Last but one; as, the penultimate syllable, the last syllable but one of a word.
2. noun. The penult.
3. noun. the next to last syllable in a word

   Synonyms: penult, penultima

4. adjective. next to the last

   "the author inadvertently reveals the murderer in the penultimate chapter"

   "the figures in the next-to-last column"

Synonyms

penult, penultima

Common word forms

penultimately

Words from these letters

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