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counterclockwise

adverb

Synonyms and Antonyms of counterclockwise

in the direction opposite to movement of a clock's hands

Turn the screw counterclockwise one full turn.

Synonyms and Near Synonyms of counterclockwise

anticlockwise [chiefly British], left-handed, left-handedly, retrograde, reversely, widdershins (also withershins)

back, backward, rearward (also rearwards)

astern, sternforemost

Antonyms and Near Antonyms of counterclockwise

ahead, along, forth, forward, forwards, on, onward (also onwards)

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