incumbent

Meanings

Plural: incumbents

Noun

• the official who holds an office
• The current holder of an office or title; (specifically, Christianity) the holder of an ecclesiastical benefice.
• A holder of a position as supplier to a market or market segment that allows the holder to earn above-normal profits.

Adjective Satellite

• lying or leaning on something else
  • "an incumbent geological formation"
• necessary (for someone) as a duty or responsibility; morally binding
  • "it is incumbent on them to pay their own debts"
• currently holding an office
  • "the incumbent governor"

Adj

• Chiefly followed by on or upon: leaning, or lying, reclining, or resting, on something else.
• Of an anther: lying on the inner side of the filament; also, of a cotyledon: having its back lying against the radicle.
• Chiefly followed by on or upon: leaning, or lying, reclining, or resting, on something else.
• Of a body part such as a hair, spine, or wing: bent downwards or otherwise positioned so that it, or part of it, rests on or touches something else; specifically (ornithology), of the hind toe of a bird: fully resting on a support.
• Chiefly followed by on or upon: leaning, or lying, reclining, or resting, on something else.
• Being the current holder of an office or a title; specifically (Christianity, obsolete), of an ecclesiastical benefice.
• Oppressive, pressuring.
• Followed by on or upon: imposed on one as an obligation, especially due to one's office or position.
• Hanging or leaning over.
• Putting much effort into an activity or some work.
• Weighing on one's mind.

Synonyms

officeholder, recumbent

Antonyms

nonincumbent

Anagrams of incumbent