Definition of counterclockwise

coun´ter`clock´wise
adj. & adv1.in the opposite direction to that in which the hands of a clock rotate, as viewed from in front of the clock face; - of rotatory motion or spiral direction. Opposite of clockwise, or right-handed


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a rebours, a reculons, against the grain, anticlockwise, arear, around, ass-backwards, astern, away, back, backward, backwards, clockwise, earthward, fro, head over heels, heavenward, heels over head, hindward, hindwards, homeward, in a circle, in a spin, in a whirl, in circles, in reverse, landward, larboard, leeward, left, left-hand, left-wing, left-wingish, leftward, levorotatory, liberal, near, nigh, port, radical, rearward, rearwards, retrad, rightward, round, round about, round and round, seaward, sinister, sinistral, sinistrocerebral, sinistrocular, sinistrogyrate, sinistrorse, widdershins, windward


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