Enter your text below and click here to find synonyms
Synonyms for Incumbent:
-
adj.
• resting • all -
n.
-
•
- ancillary ,
- apparatchik ,
- auxiliary ,
- breadwinner ,
- career woman ,
- commuter ,
- cowboy ,
- designated hitter ,
- desk person ,
- duty officer .
- aboriginal ,
- citizen ,
- denizen ,
- dweller ,
- inmate ,
- lodger ,
- native ,
- populace ,
- population ,
- tenant .
Other synonyms:
- be back in business ,
- employment ,
- hold-down ,
- in harness ,
- in someone's employ ,
- in the line of duty ,
- service ,
- working .
Other relevant words:
- Backsettler ,
- Behooving ,
- Bridging ,
- C ,
- Cit ,
- Commorant ,
- Demanded ,
- Ecclesiarch ,
- Habitant ,
- INS ,
- Impendent ,
- Inaugurated ,
- Indweller ,
- Inhabiter ,
- Oppidan ,
- Overhung ,
- Residentiary ,
- Resider ,
- Shingled ,
- Spanning ,
- Subdean ,
- Sublessee ,
- Subtenant ,
- acting ,
- addressee ,
- archbishop ,
- archdeacon ,
- artist-in-residence ,
- backwoodsman ,
- basic ,
- be sponsor for ,
- become ,
- beetle ,
- beetle-browed ,
- beetling ,
- befit ,
- behoove ,
- belong to ,
- benefice-holder ,
- beneficiary ,
- beseem ,
- binding ,
- bishop ,
- boarder ,
- bound by ,
- bounden ,
- burdensome ,
- burgess ,
- burgher ,
- canon ,
- capitular ,
- chaplain ,
- chargeable to ,
- cleric ,
- cockney ,
- colonist ,
- commanding ,
- compatriot ,
- compelling ,
- compulsory ,
- constrained ,
- cottager ,
- cotter ,
- cottier ,
- crucial ,
- cumbersome ,
- cumbrous ,
- curate ,
- current ,
- de rigueur ,
- deacon ,
- deaconess ,
- dean ,
- demanding ,
- devolve on ,
- diocesan ,
- elder ,
- elected ,
- eminence ,
- essential ,
- forced ,
- functionary ,
- guest ,
- hierarch ,
- hirer ,
- holder ,
- holdover ,
- homesteader ,
- house detective ,
- householder ,
- imbricate ,
- impending ,
- imperative ,
- imperious ,
- important ,
- incumbent on ,
- indispensable ,
- innkeeper ,
- inpatient ,
- insistent ,
- intern ,
- involuntary ,
- islander ,
- jack-in-office ,
- jutting ,
- lapping ,
- leaseholder ,
- lecturer ,
- lessee ,
- locum tenens ,
- lowering ,
- lumpish ,
- main ,
- mandatory ,
- massive ,
- metropolitan ,
- minister ,
- missionary ,
- necessary ,
- needed ,
- needful ,
- nonelective ,
- obligatory ,
- occupier ,
- office-bearer ,
- office-holder ,
- officeholder ,
- officer ,
- official ,
- on ,
- onerous ,
- oppressive ,
- overarched ,
- overhanging ,
- overlapping ,
- overlying ,
- owner ,
- parson ,
- paying guest ,
- pending ,
- peremptory ,
- perpetual curate ,
- persistent ,
- pertain to ,
- planter ,
- preacher ,
- prebendary ,
- prelate ,
- prescribed ,
- primate ,
- projecting ,
- prominent ,
- promise ,
- propagandist ,
- public official ,
- public servant ,
- reader ,
- reclining ,
- rector ,
- recumbent ,
- reliable ,
- renter ,
- required ,
- requisite ,
- resident physician ,
- responsible ,
- rest with ,
- reverence ,
- revivalist ,
- roomer ,
- rural dean ,
- saddled with ,
- settler ,
- severe ,
- sojourner ,
- squatter ,
- stringent ,
- suffragan ,
- superimposed ,
- superincumbent ,
- superjacent ,
- supernatant ,
- take upon oneself ,
- titular ,
- townsman ,
- unavoidable ,
- under an obligation ,
- under obligation ,
- unwieldy ,
- urgent ,
- vicar ,
- villager ,
- vital ,
- winner .
-
•
What are the paraphrases for Incumbent?
Paraphrases are highlighted according to their relevancy:
-
Independent
-
Adjective
acting, dominant, earlier, imperative, obliged, on-the-job, predominant, responsibility, serving, out-going, re-appointed, in-service.
-
Proper noun, singular
ministers.
-
Noun, singular or mass
pensioner, cardholder.
-
Adjective
-
Other Related
-
Adjective
duty, duty-bound, outgoing, titular.
-
Proper noun, singular
appointees.
-
Noun, singular or mass
titular, rightholder.
-
Adjective
What are the hypernyms for Incumbent?
hypernyms for incumbent (as nouns)
-
person
office-bearer.
-
person
What are the hyponyms for Incumbent?
hyponyms for incumbent (as nouns)
-
person
holder, official, functionary.
-
person
What are the opposite words for incumbent?
The antonyms for the word "incumbent" can be "ex-incumbent" or "former incumbent." Other antonyms include "challenger," "opponent," "contender," "aspirant," or "pretender." These words indicate a person who is running for or competing for a position or office, instead of the person currently holding it. Another antonym for "incumbent" is "outgoing," typically used to describe someone who is leaving or has left a position, and their successor has not yet taken over. These antonyms are often used in political contexts, but can also be used in other professional or academic settings to describe a change in leadership or occupation.
What are the antonyms for Incumbent?
-
adj.
• noun • obligatory -
n.
• noun
Usage examples for Incumbent
Famous quotes with Incumbent
-
Well, the common enemy in North America is the Western consumer. The consumer has driven oil up to $50 a barrel so we have to have these wars. I think it's incumbent upon us to.
-
A woman finds the natural lay of the land almost unconsciously; and not feeling it incumbent on her to be guide and philosopher to any successor, she takes little pains to mark the route by which she is making her ascent.
-
It is incumbent upon us to respond to the unique needs of military women and ensure they receive proper care during the first year following childbirth.
-
It was important for us to be as supportive as our candidates and as our incumbent senators would have us be.
-
To give aid to every poor man is far beyond the reach and power of every man. Care of the poor is incumbent on society as a whole.
Related words & questions
Related words: president of usa, us president, us president name, president election 2020, 2020 presidential election, 2020 presidential candidates, future president 2020, who is the president
Related questions:
Word of the Day
- Persistent Neonatal Myasthenia Gravis (PNMG) refers to a rare autoimmune disorder that affects newborns, causing muscle weakness and fatigue. While there are no antonyms specifical...