Meanings
Synonyms & antonyms
noun(meteorology) winds spiraling outward from a high pressure center; circling clockwise in the Northern Hemisphere and counterclockwise in the southern
Opposite
Broader
atmosphereatmospheric state
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
From anti- + cyclone. Coined by Sir Francis Galton in the 1860s.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic إِعْصَار مُضَادّ
- إِعْصَار مُضَادّ (ʔiʕṣār muḍādd)system of winds
Bulgarian антициклон
- антициклон (anticiklon)system of winds
Catalan anticicló
- anticiclósystem of winds
Chinese Mandarin 反氣旋 /反气旋, 高氣壓 /高气压
- 反氣旋 /反气旋 (fǎnqìxuán)system of winds
- 高氣壓 /高气压 (gāoqìyā)system of winds
Danish højtryk
- højtryksystem of winds
Dutch hogedrukgebied
- hogedrukgebiedsystem of winds
Esperanto anticiklono, kontraŭciklono
- anticiklonosystem of winds
- kontraŭciklonosystem of winds
Finnish antisykloni, korkeapaine
- antisyklonisystem of winds
- korkeapainesystem of winds
French anticyclone
- anticyclonesystem of winds
German Antizyklon, Antizyklone
- Antizyklonsystem of winds
- Antizyklonesystem of winds
- Hochdruckgebietsystem of winds
Greek αντικυκλώνας
- αντικυκλώνας (antikyklónas)system of winds
Indonesian antisiklon
- antisiklonsystem of winds
Italian anticiclone
- anticiclonesystem of winds
Japanese 高気圧
- 高気圧 (kōkiatsu)system of winds
Latvian anticiklons
- anticiklonssystem of winds
Norwegian Bokmål høytrykk
- høytrykksystem of winds
Persian پادچرخند, واچرخند
- پادچرخند (pâdčarxand)system of winds
- واچرخند (vâčarxand)system of winds
Polish antycyklon, wyż
- antycyklonsystem of winds
- wyżsystem of winds
Portuguese anticiclone
- anticiclonesystem of winds
Russian антицикло́н
- антицикло́н (anticiklón)system of winds
Spanish anticiclón
- anticiclónsystem of winds
Swedish anticyklon
- anticyklonsystem of winds
Turkish antisiklon
- antisiklonsystem of winds
Ukrainian антицикло́н
- антицикло́н (antycyklón)system of winds
Vietnamese xoáy nghịch
- xoáy nghịchsystem of winds
Cite this entry
APA
anticyclone. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/anticyclone
MLA
“anticyclone.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/anticyclone. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “anticyclone,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/anticyclone.
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