'clockwise' definitions:
Definition of 'clockwise'
(from WordNet)
adverb
In the direction that the hands of a clock move; "please move clockwise in a circle" [ant: anticlockwise, counterclockwise]
adjective
In the same direction as the rotating hands of a clock [ant: anticlockwise, contraclockwise, counterclockwise]
Definition of 'clockwise'
From: GCIDE
- clockwise \clockwise\ adj.
- 1. -- of rotatory motion. dextral [WordNet 1.5]
Definition of 'clockwise'
From: GCIDE
- clockwise \clock"wise`\, a. & adv. in the same direction as the hands of a clock rotate, as viewed from in front of the clock face; -- said of that direction of a rotation about an axis, or about a point in a plane, which is ordinarily reckoned negative. Also said of the direction of a spiral, in which case the term right-handed is more common. Opposite of counterclockwise, and left-handed.
- Syn: right-handed, dextrorotary, dextrorotatory. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Synonyms of 'clockwise'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- anticlockwise,
- around,
- conservative,
- counterclockwise,
- dexter,
- dextral,
- dextrocardial,
- dextrocerebral,
- dextrocular,
- dextrogyrate,
- dextrogyratory,
- dextropedal,
- dextrorotary,
- dextrorse,
- earthward,
- head over heels,
- heavenward,
- heels over head,
- homeward,
- in a circle,
- in a spin,
- in a whirl,
- in circles,
- landward,
- leeward,
- leftward,
- off,
- positive,
- reactionary,
- right,
- right-hand,
- right-wing,
- right-wingish,
- rightward,
- round,
- round about,
- round and round,
- seaward,
- starboard,
- widdershins,
- windward