anticlockwise
adjective
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- instance, member or derived
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Senses
Sense 1 adjective
in the direction opposite to the rotation of the hands of a clock
Related & opposite
- sinistral also see
- clockwise antonym
- levorotary similar to
Sense 2 adverb
in a direction opposite to the direction in which the hands of a clock move
please move counterclockwise in a circle!
Related & opposite
- clockwise antonym
- counterclockwise derived from
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | also see | Related & opposite | sinistral |
| 1 | antonym | Related & opposite | clockwise |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | levorotary |
| 2 | antonym | Related & opposite | clockwise |
| 2 | derived from | Related & opposite | counterclockwise |