What is another word for incumbent?
260 synonyms foundPronunciation:
[ ɪnkˈʌmbənt], [ ɪnkˈʌmbənt], [ ɪ_n_k_ˈʌ_m_b_ə_n_t]Table of Contents
Similar words for incumbent:- all (adjective)
- responsible (adjective)
- resting (adjective)
- current (noun)
- incumbent (noun)
- inhabitant (noun)
- lame duck (noun)
- official (noun)
- other synonyms
- other relevant words
Synonyms for Incumbent:
adj.
•all (adjective) •responsible (adjective)- ex-posed,
- more hampered,
- duty bound,
- more contracted,
- more decision-making,
- more fettered,
- most duty-bound,
- most dutybound,
- most decision-making,
- more dutybound,
- most contracted,
- most hampered,
- ex posed,
- minding store,
- most duty bound,
- most decisionmaking,
- more compelled,
- more duty-bound,
- decisionmaking,
- carrying load,
- at helm,
- most fettered,
- on hook,
- dutybound,
- more decision making,
- more decisionmaking,
- most decision making,
- more duty bound,
- most compelled.
n.
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- auxiliary,
- commuter,
- duty officer,
- designated hitter,
- breadwinner,
- desk person,
- career woman,
- ancillary,
- apparatchik,
- cowboy.
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- in the line of duty,
- be back in business,
- in someone's employ,
- in harness,
- hold-down,
- service,
- working,
- employment.
- citizen,
- dweller,
- tenant,
- lodger,
- denizen,
- population,
- populace,
- aboriginal,
- native,
- inmate.
Other synonyms:
•Other relevant words:- crucial,
- insistent,
- befit,
- supernatant,
- house detective,
- dean,
- stringent,
- hirer,
- unwieldy,
- onerous,
- Backsettler,
- officer,
- Subdean,
- imbricate,
- C,
- owner,
- binding,
- backwoodsman,
- vicar,
- guest,
- householder,
- homesteader,
- leaseholder,
- nonelective,
- Cit,
- belong to,
- locum tenens,
- incumbent on,
- on,
- important,
- indispensable,
- recumbent,
- Demanded,
- parson,
- rector,
- reverence,
- impending,
- curate,
- villager,
- Inaugurated,
- persistent,
- mandatory,
- reader,
- chargeable to,
- pending,
- Shingled,
- Habitant,
- superimposed,
- roomer,
- elected,
- Resider,
- under an obligation,
- settler,
- cottier,
- office-bearer,
- be sponsor for,
- cleric,
- beetling,
- deacon,
- diocesan,
- needed,
- Residentiary,
- suffragan,
- elder,
- commanding,
- projecting,
- Inhabiter,
- holder,
- involuntary,
- office-holder,
- renter,
- overlapping,
- reliable,
- inpatient,
- promise,
- islander,
- cottager,
- squatter,
- Oppidan,
- de rigueur,
- Behooving,
- preacher,
- jutting,
- lapping,
- urgent,
- compelling,
- essential,
- eminence,
- behoove,
- planter,
- basic,
- prebendary,
- rural dean,
- bounden,
- Spanning,
- devolve on,
- capitular,
- benefice-holder,
- superincumbent,
- lecturer,
- lumpish,
- acting,
- Ecclesiarch,
- colonist,
- imperative,
- primate,
- metropolitan,
- cumbersome,
- vital,
- required,
- overarched,
- reclining,
- Overhung,
- Commorant,
- lowering,
- necessary,
- burgher,
- severe,
- missionary,
- hierarch,
- rest with,
- bound by,
- paying guest,
- archbishop,
- townsman,
- overlying,
- minister,
- jack-in-office,
- artist-in-residence,
- canon,
- resident physician,
- cockney,
- overhanging,
- winner,
- Subtenant,
- innkeeper,
- pertain to,
- beetle,
- burgess,
- needful,
- compatriot,
- titular,
- beseem,
- compulsory,
- perpetual curate,
- addressee,
- constrained,
- burdensome,
- Bridging,
- deaconess,
- archdeacon,
- sojourner,
- revivalist,
- peremptory,
- massive,
- forced,
- Sublessee,
- INS,
- public official,
- requisite,
- bishop,
- imperious,
- take upon oneself,
- propagandist,
- prominent,
- prescribed,
- cotter,
- chaplain,
- occupier,
- lessee,
- intern,
- prelate,
- Impendent,
- beneficiary,
- saddled with,
- cumbrous,
- main,
- boarder,
- beetle-browed,
- become,
- unavoidable,
- demanding,
- oppressive,
- public servant,
- Indweller.
Paraphrases for Incumbent:
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Independent
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Adjective
earlier, in-service, responsibility, out-going, on-the-job, serving, imperative, predominant, obliged, acting, re-appointed, dominant.
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Proper noun, singular
ministers.
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Noun, singular or mass
cardholder, pensioner.
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Adjective
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Other Related
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Adjective
outgoing, duty-bound, titular, duty.
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Proper noun, singular
appointees.
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Noun, singular or mass
titular, rightholder.
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Adjective
Antonyms for Incumbent:
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adj.
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obligatory
unnecessary.
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Other antonyms:
elective, optional, nonessential, unwanted, unneeded, inconsequential, discretionary, voluntary, chosen, insignificant, dispensable, noncurrent, subjacent, unimportant.
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obligatory
Hypernym for Incumbent:
n.
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person
office-bearer.
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person
Hyponym for Incumbent:
n.
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person
holder, official, functionary.
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person