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Clockwise

🔄 Synonyms of "Clockwise"

3 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
right-handednoun	Using one's right hand in preference to, or more skillfully than, one's left.
dextrorotatory	(chemistry, of an optically active compound or crystal) That rotates the plane of polarized light to the right, or clockwise. Notation: (+) or formerly lowercase d-.
dextrorotary	dextrorotatory

↔️ Antonyms of "Clockwise"

Words with the opposite meaning.

Word	Definition
counterclockwise	(US, Canada) In the direction of rotation opposite from clockwise.
contraclockwise	counterclockwise
anticlockwise	(UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, 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 hands of an analog clock.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Clockwise"

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Word	Definition
right-handednoun	Using one's right hand in preference to, or more skillfully than, one's left.
dextrorotatory	(chemistry, of an optically active compound or crystal) That rotates the plane of polarized light to the right, or clockwise. Notation: (+) or formerly lowercase d-.
dextrorotary	dextrorotatory
rightwards	Rightward; towards the right.
right-hand	Of, relating to, or located on the right.
descendingnoun	Moving or sloping downwards.
schedulenoun	A procedural plan, usually but not necessarily tabular in nature, indicating a sequence of operations and the planned times at which those operations are to occur.
rightnoun	Complying with justice, correctness, or reason; correct, just, true. See also the interjection senses below.
downstreamverb	Toward the lower part of a stream; with the current (of a river, brook, or other flow of fluid).
top-down	Of or relating to a hierarchical system that progresses from a single, large basic unit to multiple, smaller subunits.
right-wing	(politics) Of political ideologies: typically supporting tradition, social order and property rights, especially conservative, traditionalist, and/or reactionary politics.
descnoun	(countable) Abbreviation of description. [A sketch or account of anything in words; a portraiture or representation in language; an enumeration of the essential qualities of a thing or species.]
dexternoun	(archaic outside heraldry) Right; on the right-hand side. (In heraldry, specifically the bearer's right, which is the viewer's left.)
rightward	To or from the right.
dextralnoun	Of or pertaining to the right side
deasilnoun	Clockwise, sunwise.
right-handwise	Clockwise.
cwnoun	Initialism of calendar week.
sunward	In the direction of the sun.
sunwise	(nonstandard) Clockwise.