Anticlockwise is a synonym of counterclockwise.
As adverbs the difference between counterclockwise and anticlockwise
is that counterclockwise is in the direction of rotation opposite from clockwise while anticlockwise is in an anticlockwise fashion.
As adjectives the difference between counterclockwise and anticlockwise
is that counterclockwise is moving or located in the direction of rotation opposite from clockwise while anticlockwise is in a circular fashion so as to be moving to the left at the top of the circle and to the right at the bottom (when viewed from the front), in the opposite direction to the way the hands of an analogue clock move.
counterclockwise
English
Alternative forms
* counter-clockwise
Adverb
(-)
(US, Canada) In the direction of rotation opposite from clockwise.
Synonyms
* (opposite of clockwise) anticlockwise (UK), contraclockwise
Adjective
(-)
(US, Canada) Moving or located in the direction of rotation opposite from clockwise
anticlockwise
English
(Clockwise and counterclockwise)
Adjective
(-)
(AU, NZ, British, of movement) in a circular fashion so as to be moving to the left at the top of the circle and to the right at the bottom (when viewed from the front), in the opposite direction to the way the hands of an analogue clock move.
Synonyms
* counterclockwise (US) / counter-clockwise (US), laevorotatory (qualifier) / levorotatory (qualifier), positive (geometry)
Antonyms
* clockwise
Adverb
(-)
(AU, NZ, British) In an anticlockwise fashion.
Synonyms
* counterclockwise (US) / counter-clockwise (US), widdershins / withershins (particularly on a sundial)
Antonyms
* clockwise