'counterclockwise' definitions:
Definition of 'counterclockwise'
(from WordNet)
adverb
In a direction opposite to the direction in which the hands of a clock move; "please move counterclockwise in a circle!" [syn: counterclockwise, anticlockwise] [ant: clockwise]
adjective
In the direction opposite to the rotation of the hands of a clock [syn: counterclockwise, anticlockwise, contraclockwise] [ant: clockwise]
Definition of 'counterclockwise'
From: GCIDE
- counterclockwise \coun"ter*clock"wise\ adj. & adv. 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
- Note: [Narrower terms: sinistral {levororotary, levorotatory}]
- Syn: left-handed. [PJC]
Synonyms of 'counterclockwise'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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