If something is moving counterclockwise, it is moving in the opposite direction to the direction in which the hands of a clock move. Rotate the head clockwise and counterclockwise. clockwise Counterclockwise is also an adjective. The dance moves in a counter-clockwise direction. clockwise. anticlockwise clockwise
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!