anticlockwise , anti-clockwise If something is moving anticlockwise, it is moving in the opposite direction to the direction in which the hands of a clock move.
(BRIT) adv ADV after v (Antonym: clockwise)
The cutters are opened by turning the knob anticlockwise.
Anticlockwise is also an adjective., adj ADJ n
...an anticlockwise route around the coast.
in AM, use counterclockwise