Synonym: officeholder. Similar words: cumbersome, succumb, number, a number of, any number of, to the number of, account number, a large number of. Meaning: [ɪn'kʌmbənt] 
n. the official who holds an office. adj. 1. lying or leaning on something else 2. necessary (for someone) as a duty or responsibility; morally binding 3. currently holding an office.
n. the official who holds an office. adj. 1. lying or leaning on something else 2. necessary (for someone) as a duty or responsibility; morally binding 3. currently holding an office. 
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1 He defeated the incumbent governor by a large plurality.
2 The incumbent president faces problems which began many years before he took office.
3 In the June elections, Morris easily defeated the incumbent, Tom Smith.
4 The old man is an incumbent.
5 It was incumbent on them to attend.
6 It is incumbent upon us to do so.
7 The present incumbent is due to retire next month.
8 It is incumbent upon parents to control what their children watch on TV.
9 It's incumbent on you to advise your son before he leaves home.
10 It is incumbent upon all users of this equipment to familiarize themselves with the safety procedure.
11 She felt it incumbent upon/on her to raise the subject at their meeting.
12 It is incumbent upon all of us to make an extra effort.
13 Mitchell was to face Republican incumbent Carroll Campbell.
14 An incumbent by definition is the status quo.
15 How does the incumbent house prove otherwise?
16 Steve Horn,(www.Sentencedict.com) the Republican incumbent.
17 Morales faces Republican incumbent U. S. Sen.
18 Steiner easily beat the incumbent to become governor.
19 One incumbent was returned to the council.
20 The role is narrowly conceived by the present incumbent.
21 He was defeated by incumbent Democrat J. Bennett Johnston who polled 54 percent.
22 The 50-year-old incumbent and the 72-year-old challenger appeared equally relaxed, forceful and well rehearsed.
23 For seat No. 3, incumbent Provencio faces stiff challenges from Sandoval and White, both veterans of the campaign trail.
24 The present more orthodox incumbent was a tough man as well as an Augustine; accustomed to risky assignments in Cairo.
25 In all election campaigns, incumbent governments are going to be given a harder time than the Opposition.
26 Powerful incumbent airlines found three ways to erect strategic entry barriers and consolidate their market power.
27 It was incumbent upon us now to make a torch that would burn the living Hirohitlmus beyond resurrection.
28 In one of the most closely watched races in the country, he defeated incumbent Republican Andrea Seastrand in a bitter rematch.
29 Efficiency is the principle that voters ought to be able to assess the responsibility of and exercise control over the incumbent government.
30 But the precise size of the spill and the incumbent environmental damage remained unclear Saturday.
More similar words: cumbersome, succumb, number, a number of, any number of, to the number of, account number, a large number of, bent, concurrent, document, benevolent, documentary, incur, uncured, incurable, inculcate, incubator, bend, concussion, bench, benign, dumb, acumen, benefit, beneath, thumb, modicum, rumble, cum laude.