Word.ws English Dictionary

penological

penological adjective: of, or relating to penology.

Adjective

penological (not comparable)

  1. Of, or relating to penology.

Forms of penological

alternative formpœnological

Origin of penological

From penology + -ical.

Words formed from penological

Questions about penological

What does penological mean?
Penological means of, or relating to penology.
What part of speech is penological?
Penological is an adjective.

Words near penological in the dictionary

  1. Penobscots
  2. penobsquisite
  3. penoche
  4. penocorrectional
  5. penologic
  6. penological
  7. penologically
  8. penologies
  9. penologist
  10. penologists
  11. penology

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: penological (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “penological.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/penological. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.