- Types Of Speech
- You can use counterclockwise as a article or as a adverb in a sentence.
- About Counterclockwise
- A 4 syllables article and 16 letters with the letters c, e, i, k, l, n, o, r, s, t, u, and w, 10 consonants, 6 vowels and 4 syllables with the middle letters cl. Counterclockwise starts with a consonant and ends with a vowel with the starting letters c, co, cou, coun, count, and the ending characters are e, se, ise, wise, kwise, ..
- Definition
- In the direction opposite to the rotation of the hands of a clock
- Compound Words
- A compound word, counterclockwise has more than one word within it. There's 2 words which are counter, and clockwise.
- Pig Latin
- Counterclockwise in Pig Latin is said as "ounterclockwisecay or ounterclockwisecway".
- Unigram
- c | o | u | n | t | e | r | c | l | o | c | k | w | i | s | e
- Bigram
- co | ou | un | nt | te | er | rc | cl | lo | oc | ck | kw | wi | is | se
- Trigram
- cou | oun | unt | nte | ter | erc | rcl | clo | loc | ock | ckw | kwi | wis | ise
- Quadrigram
- coun | ount | unte | nter | terc | ercl | rclo | cloc | lock | ockw | ckwi | kwis | wise
- Word Gram
- Article Examples
- in the direction opposite to the rotation of the hands of a clock
- Adverb Examples
- in a direction opposite to the direction in which the hands of a clock move;
"please move counterclockwise in a circle!"
| Synonym | Definition |
|---|---|
| About | (of quantities) imprecise but fairly close to correct "lasted approximately an hour" "in just about a minute" "he''s about 30 years old" "I''ve had about all I can stand" "we meet about once a month" "some forty people came" "weighs around a hundre |
| Against The Grain | |
| Anticlockwise | in the direction opposite to the rotation of the hands of a clock |
| Approach | the act of drawing spatially closer to something "the hunter''s approach scattered the geese" |
| Approximately | (of quantities) imprecise but fairly close to correct "lasted approximately an hour" "in just about a minute" "he''s about 30 years old" "I''ve had about all I can stand" "we meet about once a month" "some forty people came" "weighs around a hundre |
| Arear | |
| Around | (of quantities) imprecise but fairly close to correct "lasted approximately an hour" "in just about a minute" "he''s about 30 years old" "I''ve had about all I can stand" "we meet about once a month" "some forty people came" "weighs around a hundre |
| Astern | (of a ship or an airplane) behind "we dropped her astern on the end of a seven-inch manilla, and she laid comfortably on the ebb tide" |
| Away | (of a baseball pitch) on the far side of home plate from the batter "the pitch was away (or wide)" "an outside pitch" |
| A Rebours |
View all cognitive synonyms for Counterclockwise
| Antonym | Definition |
|---|---|
| Clockwise | in the same direction as the rotating hands of a clock |
| Anagram | Definition |
|---|---|
| Counterclockwise | in the direction opposite to the rotation of the hands of a clock |
View English words with the unique letters used in counterclockwise. Words With The Letters Ceiklnorstuw
| Similar Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| Left Handed | n/a |
| Levorotary | rotating to the left |
| Levorotatory | rotating to the left |
| See Also | Definition |
|---|---|
| Sinistral | of or on the left; "a sinistral gastropod shell with the apex upward has its opening on the left when facing the observer"; "a sinistral flatfish lies with the left eye uppermost" |
Counterclockwise Is In These Word Lists
- Starts With C
- Ends With E
loading...