anticlockwise

Definitions of anticlockwise
  1. adverb
    in a direction opposite to the direction in which the hands of a clock move
    synonyms: counterclockwise
  2. adjective
    in the direction opposite to the rotation of the hands of a clock
    synonyms: contraclockwise, counterclockwise
    left-handed, levorotary, levorotatory
    rotating to the left
    sinistral
    of or on the left
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