Origin: Greek prefix anti-
Anticlockwise has 4 different meanings across 2 categories:
in the direction opposite to the rotation of the hands of a clock
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.
in a direction opposite to the direction in which the hands of a clock move
"please move counterclockwise in a circle!"
In an anticlockwise fashion.