Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun incumbent

1 sense of incumbent

Sense 1
incumbent, officeholder -- (the official who holds an office)
       => official, functionary -- (a worker who holds or is invested with an office)
       => holder -- (a person who holds something; "they held two hostages"; "he holds the trophy"; "she holds a United States passport")

Antonyms of adj incumbent

3 senses of incumbent

Sense 1
incumbent -- (lying or leaning on something else; "an incumbent geological formation")

INDIRECT (VIA superjacent) -> subjacent -- (lying nearby but lower; "hills and subjacent valleys")

Sense 2
incumbent -- (necessary (for someone) as a duty or responsibility; morally binding; "it is incumbent on them to pay their own debts")

INDIRECT (VIA necessary) -> unnecessary, unneeded -- (not necessary)

Sense 3
incumbent -- (currently holding an office; "the incumbent governor")

INDIRECT (VIA current) -> noncurrent -- (not current or belonging to the present time)

Similarity of adj incumbent

3 senses of incumbent

Sense 1
incumbent -- (lying or leaning on something else; "an incumbent geological formation")
       => superjacent (vs. subjacent) -- (lying immediately above or on something else)

Sense 2
incumbent -- (necessary (for someone) as a duty or responsibility; morally binding; "it is incumbent on them to pay their own debts")
       => necessary (vs. unnecessary) -- (absolutely essential)

Sense 3
incumbent -- (currently holding an office; "the incumbent governor")
       => current (vs. noncurrent) -- (occurring in or belonging to the present time; "current events"; "the current topic"; "current negotiations"; "current psychoanalytic theories"; "the ship's current position")