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Syllable division and stress derived from spelling — this word is not in the pronouncing dictionary, so no phonetic transcription is shown rather than a guessed one.
anticlockwise is an adjective and adverb meaning "in the direction opposite to the rotation of the hands of a clock". It carries 2 recorded senses.
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!”
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for anticlockwise come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.