Penultimate

/pɪˈnʌltɪmət/

Last Updated: January 2, 2026 at 12:30 PM

Scrabble:15 ptsWWF:20 pts11 letters

Definition of Penultimate

noun

A penult, a next-to-last thing, particularly:

adjective

(in United States usually formal) Next to last, second to last; immediately preceding the end of a sequence, list, etc.
Of or pertaining to a penult.
Relating to or denoting an element of a related collection of curves that is arbitrarily close to a degenerate form.

Anagrams of Penultimate

Words You Can Make

50 words can be made from the letters in "penultimate":

9-LETTER WORDS

8-LETTER WORDS

mantelet melanite mutilate palmette patulent petaline petulant platinum tapeline template tinplate tumpline ultimate

7-LETTER WORDS

ailment aliment alumine alunite amputee elapine empanel emplane emulate entitle epaulet epilate etamine impanel implant+21 more

Related Word Patterns

PE...Words starting with "pe"...TEWords ending with "te"All 11-letter words Unscramble "penultimate"

Synonyms & Antonyms

SYNONYMS

penultbutlastlast but onenext to lastnext-to-lastonesecond from lastsecond lastsecond to lastsecond-from-lastsecond-lastsecond-to-last

ANTONYMS

second

Rhyming Words

abate abbreviate abdicate ablate ablegate abnegate abominate abrogate absolute acaudate accelerate accentuate acclimate accommodate accrete+5 more

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