[syn: counterclockwise, anticlockwise]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
counterclockwise
adv 1: 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]
adj 1: in the direction opposite to the rotation of the hands of
a clock [syn: counterclockwise, anticlockwise,
contraclockwise] [ant: clockwise]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
56 Moby Thesaurus words for "counterclockwise":
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