anticlockwise

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
anticlockwise
    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}]