anticlockwise

[ an-ti-klok-wahyz ]
/ ˌæn tɪˈklɒkˌwaɪz /

adjective, adverb Chiefly British.

Origin of anticlockwise

First recorded in 1895–1900; anti- + clockwise

British Dictionary definitions for anticlockwise

anticlockwise
/ (ˌæntɪˈklɒkˌwaɪz) /

adverb, adjective

in the opposite direction to the rotation of the hands of a clock US equivalent: counterclockwise