anticlockwise
1. [ adverb ] in a direction opposite to the direction in which the hands of a clock move
Synonyms: counterclockwise
Examples:

"please move counterclockwise in a circle!"

Related terms: clockwise counterclockwise counterclockwise
2. [ adjective ] in the direction opposite to the rotation of the hands of a clock
Synonyms: contraclockwise counterclockwise
Related terms: clockwise left-handed levorotary sinistral
Similar spelling:   Antichrist
  anticyclonic
  anticyclone
  anticlinal