incumbent

incumbent

adjective

Definition of INCUMBENT

forcing one's compliance or participation by or as if by law <it is incumbent upon you to attend every staff meeting>

Synonyms compulsory, forced, imperative, incumbent, involuntary, necessary, nonelective, obligatory, peremptory, required

Related Words all-important, essential, indispensable, needed, requisite; insistent, persistent, pressing, urgent; demanded, enforced; coercive

Near Antonyms chosen, discretionary; dispensable, unnecessary, unneeded, unwanted; inconsequential, insignificant, nonessential, unimportant

Antonyms elective, optional, voluntary