anticlockwise

[ an-ti-klok-wahyz ]

adjective

, Chiefly British.

1. counterclockwise.

anticlockwise

/ ˌæntɪˈklɒkˌwaɪz /

adverb

1. in the opposite direction to the rotation of the hands of a clock US equivalentcounterclockwise

Word History and Origins

Origin of anticlockwise¹

First recorded in 1895–1900; anti- + clockwise