adj. next preceding the last; as, the figures in the next-to-last column. [ Narrower terms: junior(prenominal), third-year ] Syn. -- penultimate. [ WordNet 1.5 ]
(adj) used of the third or next to final year in United States high school or college, Syn. next-to-last, third-year, Example:the junior class; a third-year student
(adj) next to the last, Syn. next-to-last, Example:the author inadvertently reveals the murderer in the penultimate chapter; the figures in the next-to-last column