Related Words for incumbent

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current
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Adjective, Noun
challenger
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Noun
candidate
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Noun
incumbency
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Noun
elect
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Noun
newcomer
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Noun
opponent
x/x
Noun
competitor
x/xx
Noun
unseat
x/
Verb
mayor
/x
Noun
appointee
xx/
Noun
successor
x/x
Noun
councilman
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Noun
legislator
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Noun
voters
/x
Noun
rival
/x
Noun
unopposed
xx/
Adjective
stalwart
/x
Noun
veteran
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Noun
upstart
/x
Noun
hapless
/x
Adjective
redoubtable
x/xx
Adjective
erstwhile
/x
Noun
appointed
x/x
Verb
attendant
x/x
Noun
beneficiary
xx/xxx
Noun
president
/xx
Noun
acting
/x
Verb
in charge
x/
Phrase, Adjective
senior
/x
Name
intendant
x/x
Noun
assistant
x/x
Noun
correspondent
xx/x
Noun
regent
/x
Noun
liege
/
Noun
honorary
/xxx
Name
emeritus
x/xx
Noun
ministering
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Noun
captive
/x
Noun
conformist
x/x
Noun
titular
/xx
Adjective
inhabitant
x/xx
Noun
conversant
x/x
Adjective
suppliant
x/x
Noun
superintendent
xxx/x
Noun
head
/
Noun
master
/x
Noun
responsible
x/xx
Adjective
pro tem
//
Phrase, Adverb, Adjective
collared
/x
Adjective
champion
/xx
Noun
chief
/
Noun
depositary
x/xxx
Noun
litigant
/xx
Noun
adjutant
/xx
Noun
bond
/
Noun
tutelary
/xxx
Noun
salaried
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Adjective
guilty
/x
Adjective
firstborn
//
Noun
yarborough
/xx
Name
taft
/
Name
monopolist
x/xx
Noun
retires
x/
Noun
helms
/
Name
carter
/x
Name
hoover
/x
Name
dixon
/x
Name
assemblyman
x/xx
Noun
truman
/x
Name
mckinley
x/x
Name
cleveland
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Name
congressman
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Noun
johnston
/x
Name
clinton
/x
Name
alderman
/xx
Noun
reagan
/x
Name
licensee
xx/
Noun
harrison
/xx
Name
ceo
/x/
Name
managements
/xx
Noun
douglas
/x
Name
nixon
/x
Name
democrat
/xx
Name
discharge
x/
Verb
adams
/x
Name
republican
x/xx
Name
ford
/
Name
governor
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Noun
roosevelt
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Name
upgrading
x/x
Noun
davis
/x
Name
thompson
/x
Name
sheriff
/x
Noun
wilson
/x
Name
lawmakers
/xx
Noun
carriers
/xx
Noun
clark
/
Name
broadcasters
/xx
Noun
firm
/
Noun
airlines
/x
Noun
bush
/
Noun
justices
/xx
Noun
auditor
/xx
Noun
chairmen
/x
Noun
operator
/xxx
Noun
chancellor
/xx
Noun
deputies
/xx
Noun
miller
/x
Name
allen
/x
Name
treasurer
/xx
Noun
supplier
x/x
Noun
politicians
xx/x
Noun
vendor
/x
Noun
williams
/x
Name
duties
/x
Noun
provider
x/x
Noun
elites
x/
Noun
obligations
xx/x
Noun
administrations
xxx/x
Noun
holders
/x
Noun
wins
/
Noun
regimes
x/
Noun
smith
/
Name
defeats
x/
Noun
premier
x/
Noun
commandments
x/x
Noun
judges
/x
Noun
trustees
x/
Noun
councillors
/xx
Noun
utilities
x/xx
Noun
directors
x/x
Noun
archbishop
//x
Noun
managers
/xx
Noun
applicant
/xx
Noun
attending
x/x
Adjective, Noun
banner
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
bearer
/x
Noun
capable
/xx
Adjective
cardholder
/xx
Noun
centrist
/x
Adjective, Noun
compulsory
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
concern
x/
Noun, Verb
conservative
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
contender
x/x
Noun
contestant
x/x
Noun
dominant
/xx
Adjective, Noun
elector
x/x
Noun
employer
x/x
Noun
exercise
/xx
Noun, Verb
existing
x/x
Adjective
federalist
/xxx
Name, Adjective
full
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
gaullist
/x
Name
grantee
/x
Noun
handpicked
//
Adjective
headline
/x
Noun, Verb
heir
/
Noun, Verb
historic
x/x
Adjective, Noun
historical
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
hold
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
imperative
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
incapable
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
incompetent
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
inherent
x/x
Adjective
instant
/x
Noun, Adjective, Adverb
licensed
/x
Adjective
member
/x
Noun, Verb
nominated
/xxx
Adjective
nominee
xx/
Noun
obliged
x/
Adjective
occupant
/xx
Noun
officer
/xx
Noun, Verb
official
x/x
Adjective, Noun
ongoing
/xx
Adjective, Noun
ousted
/x
Verb
outgoing
/xx
Adjective, Noun
outward
/x
Adjective, Adverb, Verb, Noun
owner
/x
Noun
ownership
/xx
Noun
pastor
/x
Noun, Verb
patentee
/x/
Noun
pensioner
/xx
Noun
permittee
x/x
Noun
person
/x
Noun, Verb
policyholder
/xxxx
Noun
position
x/x
Noun, Verb
possession
x/x
Noun, Verb
post
/
Noun, Verb, Adverb
predominant
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
present
/x
Adjective, Verb, Noun
principal
/xx
Adjective, Noun
proprietor
x/xx
Noun
recipient
x/xx
Noun, Adjective
registrant
/xx
Noun
responsibility
xxx/xx
Noun
sedentary
/xxx
Adjective, Noun
serving
/x
Noun
staffer
/x
Noun
starter
/x
Noun
stripping
/x
Noun
supervisor
/xxx
Noun
then
/
Adverb, Adjective, Noun
this
/
Adverb, Noun
tithes
/
Noun
unelected
xx/x
Adjective
work
/
Noun, Verb
milestone
/x
Noun, Verb
tell
/
Verb, Noun
cloth
/
Noun
breakeven
/xx
Verb, Noun, Adjective
oh
/
Noun, Verb
save
/
Verb, Noun
get
/
Verb, Noun
no
/
Noun, Adverb, Adjective
expression
x/x
Noun
sorta
/x
Adverb
anymore
xx/
Adverb
literally
/xxx
Adverb
maypole
/x
Noun, Verb