penultimate

Meaning of penultimate

noun

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

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

Information about penultimate

  • The plural form of penultimate is: penultimates.
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Hyphenation of penultimate

penul-ti-mate

  • It consists of 3 syllables and 11 chars.
  • penultimate is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables

penultimate synonyms

Meaning penult:

penult, penultima

Meaning :

but, last, one

penultimate antonyms

Meaning :

second

Translation of penultimate

Words that rhyme with penultimate

MatE, mate, Bamate, Imamate, Rifamate, Tiamate, acetylallylcarbamate, acetylcarbamate, acetylcinnamate, acetyldihydrocinnamate, acetylglutamate, acetylhydrocinnamate, acetylmethylcarbamate, acetylmuramate, acetylpropargylcarbamate, acryloylcarbamate, adamantylcarbamate, alanylglutamate, allylcarbamate, allylimidothiocarbamate, amalgamate, amate, aminobenzoylglutamate, aminocinnamate, aminohydrocinnamate, aminomethylcarbamate, aminopropylcarbamate, aminopteroylglutamate, aminosuccinamate, amylcinnamate, arginylglutamate, arginylpyroglutamate, benfluramate, benzhydrylcarbamate, benzhydrylimidothiocarbamate, benzimidazolecarbamate, benzohydroxamate, benzothiazolylcarbamate, benzoxamate, benzoylcarbamate, benzoylcinnamate, benzylcarbamate, benzylcinnamate, benzyldithiocarbamate, benzylidenehydrazonothiocarbamate, benzylquinolinylidenecarbamate, benzylthiocarbamate, bihamate, biscarbamate, bisdimethylcarbamate

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