From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
counterclockwise \coun"ter*clock"wise\ adjective & adverb 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]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
adjective
1: in the direction opposite to the rotation of the hands of a clock [syn: {anticlockwise}, {contraclockwise}] [ant: {clockwise}]
adverb
1: in a direction opposite to the direction in which the hands of a clock move; "please move counterclockwise in a circle!" [syn: {anticlockwise}] [ant: {clockwise}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
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
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