anticlockwiseadjective, adverb
uk/ˌæn.tiˈklɒk.waɪz/us/ˌæn.t̬iˈklɑːk.waɪz/UK US counterclockwisein the opposite direction to the movement of the hands of a clock:
"How do I get the top off this bottle?" "Push it down and twist it anticlockwise."
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Backwards, sideways and back and forth
- aside
- back
- back and forth idiom
- backward
- backwards
- broadside
- counterclockwise
- crabwise
- hither and thither idiom
- retro
- right/wrong way round idiom
- side
- sideways
- stand
- stand back
- there
- there and back idiom
- to and fro
- to-ing and fro-ing
- wrong
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