Antonyms of adj right-handed

2 senses of right-handed

Sense 1
right-handed (vs. left-handed) (vs. ambidextrous) -- (using or intended for the right hand; "a right-handed batter"; "right-handed scissors")

left-handed (vs. ambidextrous) (vs. right-handed) -- (using or intended for the left hand; "left-handed golfers need left-handed clubs"; "left-handed scissors")
        => left (prenominal), left-hand (prenominal) -- (intended for the left hand; "I rarely lose a left-hand glove")
        => sinistral -- (preferring to use left foot or hand or eye; "sinistral individuals exhibit dominance of the left hand and eye")
ambidextrous (vs. right-handed) (vs. left-handed), two-handed -- (equally skillful with each hand; "an ambidextrous surgeon")
        => equipoised -- (lacking lateral dominance; being neither right-handed nor left-handed)

Sense 2
dextrorotary, dextrorotatory, right-handed -- (rotating to the right)

INDIRECT (VIA clockwise) -> counterclockwise, anticlockwise, contraclockwise -- (in the direction opposite to the rotation of the hands of a clock)

Similarity of adj right-handed

2 senses of right-handed

Sense 1
right-handed (vs. left-handed) (vs. ambidextrous) -- (using or intended for the right hand; "a right-handed batter"; "right-handed scissors")
       => dextral -- (preferring to use right foot or hand or eye; "dextral individuals exhibit dominance of the right hand and eye")
       => right (prenominal), right-hand (prenominal) -- (intended for the right hand; "a right-hand glove")
          Also See-> dextral#1; right#1

Sense 2
dextrorotary, dextrorotatory, right-handed -- (rotating to the right)
       => clockwise (vs. counterclockwise) -- (in the same direction as the rotating hands of a clock)

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