Exact Match:
- counterclockwise
- in the direction opposite to the rotation of the hands of a clock
- in a direction opposite to the direction in which the hands of a clock move; "please move counterclockwise in a circle!"
Synonyms:
- a rebours,
- a reculons,
- against the grain,
- anticlockwise,
- arear,
- around,
- ass-backwards,
- astern,
- away,
- back,
- backward,
- backwards,
- clockwise,
- earthward,
- fro,
- head over heels,
- heavenward,
- heels over head,
- hindward,
- hindwards,
- homeward,
- in a circle,
- in a spin,
- in a whirl,
- in circles,
- in reverse,
- landward,
- larboard,
- leeward,
- left,
- left-hand,
- left-wing,
- left-wingish,
- leftward,
- levorotatory,
- liberal,
- near,
- nigh,
- port,
- radical,
- rearward,
- rearwards,
- retrad,
- rightward,
- round,
- round about,
- round and round,
- seaward,
- sinister,
- sinistral,
- sinistrocerebral,
- sinistrocular,
- sinistrogyrate,
- sinistrorse,
- widdershins,
- windward