Synonyms for incumbent
ɪnˈkʌm bəntin·cum·bent

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1. incumbent

   Synonyms:
   pressing, binding, coercive, indispensable, urgent, devolvent, obligatory

   Antonyms:
   optional, discretional

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1. incumbent, officeholderadjective

   the official who holds an office

   Synonyms:
   officeholder, officer

   Antonyms:
   unneeded, noncurrent, subjacent, unnecessary

2. incumbentadjective

   lying or leaning on something else

   "an incumbent geological formation"

   Antonyms:
   unneeded, unnecessary, subjacent, noncurrent

3. incumbentadjective

   necessary (for someone) as a duty or responsibility; morally binding

   "it is incumbent on them to pay their own debts"

   Antonyms:
   noncurrent, unnecessary, subjacent, unneeded

4. incumbentadjective

   currently holding an office

   "the incumbent governor"

   Antonyms:
   unnecessary, subjacent, noncurrent, unneeded

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1. incumbentadjective

   Synonyms:
   obligatory, devolving

2. incumbentnoun

   Synonyms:
   holder (of a benefice, &c.)

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1. incumbentadjective

   Synonyms:
   obligatory, imposed, binding

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1. List of paraphrases for "incumbent":

   holder, proprietor, permittee, incumbents, holders, owner, licensee, current, titular, outgoing, licensees, headline, banner

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1. Ted Cruz:

   We are at a moment in time, because the American people elected a Republican majority in the House, where we have an opportunity to stop the madness. And I believe it is incumbent on that Republican majority, and on the Republicans in the Senate, to use every lever point we have to stop the out-of-control spending that is driving inflation, that is punishing hard-working Americans across this country.

2. Tate Reeves:

   I perfectly acknowledge that many of those statistics in terms of health outcomes in our state, we are underperforming relative to other states across the nation, and it's incumbent upon all of us to work to pass policies to change that, when you look at health outcomes in terms of prenatal care or other areas, we have a ways to go, and that hasn't become effective in the last year and a half but it has happened over 200 years of our state's existence, and we are going to do everything we can to improve upon that.

3. Will Freeman:

   We should be concerned in any country where you see an incumbent president shaking up the electoral administration, while there’s really no force left standing in opposition to push back.

4. John Dean:

   You've got to put this in a larger perspective, mcGahn is doing what he should do, and what was resolved after Watergate as to who is the client of the White House counsel. The client was presumed when I was there to be Nixon. The president. Today, it's clear that it is not the case. It's the Office of the President he represents, and there can be real differences between the incumbent president and the office itself, and McGahn represents the office.

5. Ted Cruz:

   I believe our country is in crisis and I think it's incumbent on people of faith to stand up and defend our values.