'Incumbent' definitions:
Definition of 'incumbent'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Lying or leaning on something else; "an incumbent geological formation"
adjective
Necessary (for someone) as a duty or responsibility; morally binding; "it is incumbent on them to pay their own debts"
adjective
Currently holding an office; "the incumbent governor"
noun
The official who holds an office [syn: incumbent, officeholder]
Definition of 'Incumbent'
From: GCIDE
- Incumbent \In*cum"bent\, a. [L. incumbens, -entis, p. pr. of incumbere to lie down upon, press upon; pref. in- in, on + cumbere (in comp.); akin to cubare to lie down. See Incubate.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. Lying; resting; reclining; recumbent; superimposed; superincumbent. [1913 Webster]
- Two incumbent figures, gracefully leaning upon it. --Sir H. Wotton. [1913 Webster]
- To move the incumbent load they try. --Addison. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Lying, resting, or imposed, as a duty or obligation; obligatory; always with on or upon. [1913 Webster]
- All men, truly zealous, will perform those good works that are incumbent on all Christians. --Sprat. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Bot.) Leaning or resting; -- said of anthers when lying on the inner side of the filament, or of cotyledons when the radicle lies against the back of one of them. --Gray. [1913 Webster]
- 4. (Zool.) Bent downwards so that the ends touch, or rest on, something else; as, the incumbent toe of a bird. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Incumbent'
From: GCIDE
- Incumbent \In*cum"bent\, n. A person who is in present possession of a benefice or of any office. [1913 Webster]
- The incumbent lieth at the mercy of his patron. --Swift. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'incumbent'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- addressee,
- artist-in-residence,
- beetle,
- beetle-browed,
- beetling,
- behooving,
- benefice-holder,
- beneficiary,
- binding,
- bridging,
- burdensome,
- chargeable to,
- commanding,
- compulsory,
- cumbersome,
- cumbrous,
- demanding,
- denizen,
- dweller,
- habitant,
- hirer,
- holdover,
- homesteader,
- house detective,
- imbricate,
- impendent,
- impending,
- incumbent on,
- inhabitant,
- inhabiter,
- inmate,
- inpatient,
- ins,
- intern,
- jack-in-office,
- jutting,
- lame duck,
- lapping,
- leaseholder,
- lessee,
- live-in maid,
- locum tenens,
- lodger,
- lowering,
- lumpish,
- mandatory,
- massive,
- necessary,
- new broom,
- obligatory,
- occupant,
- occupier,
- office-bearer,
- officeholder,
- official,
- onerous,
- oppressive,
- overarched,
- overhanging,
- overhung,
- overlapping,
- overlying,
- paying guest,
- pending,
- prescribed,
- president-elect,
- projecting,
- public official,
- public servant,
- renter,
- required,
- residencer,
- resident,
- resident physician,
- residentiary,
- resider,
- roomer,
- shingled,
- sojourner,
- spanning,
- squatter,
- sublessee,
- subtenant,
- superincumbent,
- tenant,
- tenant at sufferance,
- tenant for life,
- underlessee,
- unwieldy