| next-to-last | adj. next preceding the last; |
| junior | (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 |
| penultimate | (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 |