anticlockwise

/ˌæntaɪˈklɑkwaɪz/

adjective

  1. (South Africa, AU, of movement) in a circular fashion so as to be moving to the left at the top of the circle and to the right at the bottom (when viewed from the front), in the opposite direction to the way the hands of an analogue clock move.

Synonyms: counter-clockwise, counterclockwise, laevorotatory, levorotatory, positive
Antonyms: clockwise

adverb

  1. In an anticlockwise fashion.

Synonyms: counter-clockwise, counterclockwise, widdershins, withershins, in a counterclockwise direction, in an anticlockwise direction
Antonyms: clockwise