as in compulsory
forcing one's compliance or participation by or as if by law
it is incumbent upon you to attend every staff meeting
Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
as in officeholder
Related Words
Dissimilar Words
Example Sentences
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.
Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
Recent Examples of incumbent
Jenni Reid,holly Ellyatt, CNBC, 30 June 2025
Disruption now comes from two-person teams using bleeding-edge stacks to ship faster than any incumbent can react.
—Dror Berman, Fortune, 27 June 2025
Nora O’Neill, Charlotte Observer, 2 July 2025
Mamdani, as the Democratic nominee, is likely to win the general election in the heavily blue city, with his main competition being an unpopular incumbent Mayor Eric Adams and Republican nominee Curtis Sliwa.
—Ross O'Keefe, The Washington Examiner, 1 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for incumbent
Adjective
Three European finance or economy ministers have put themselves forward for the role, with Irish incumbent Paschal Donohoe facing competition from Lithuania's Rimantas Šadžius and Cuerpo.
Euro zone bond yields are extending declines this morning after regional German inflation data.
—Jenni Reid,holly Ellyatt, CNBC, 30 June 2025
Disruption now comes from two-person teams using bleeding-edge stacks to ship faster than any incumbent can react.
—Dror Berman, Fortune, 27 June 2025
Noun
Two incumbent Democratic school board members lost their bids for reelection, and only Republicans were elected to the board.
—Nora O’Neill, Charlotte Observer, 2 July 2025
Mamdani, as the Democratic nominee, is likely to win the general election in the heavily blue city, with his main competition being an unpopular incumbent Mayor Eric Adams and Republican nominee Curtis Sliwa.
—Ross O'Keefe, The Washington Examiner, 1 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for incumbent
Recent Examples of Synonyms for incumbent
Adjective
-
Rather, films that portray women without the compulsory veil disrupt the symbolic, legal-religious order.—
Ali Farahmand,
IndieWire,
8 July 2025
-
To bolster security and safety, standards and regulations emerged to force accountability, including compulsory NERC CIP for the North American energy grid and GDPR for EU data privacy.—
Thomas Ryd,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2025
Noun
-
The recall or rejection of other Bay Area progressive officeholders in recent elections is another.—
Dan Walters,
Oc Register,
8 July 2025
-
But the decision to do so just days before leaving the country, potentially giving another officeholder the power to oversee the state of emergency, was highly unusual, political scientists say.—
Kacen Bayless,
Kansas City Star,
17 June 2025
Adjective
-
But before the drama unfolds at Royal Portrush, PGA Tour pros are making sure to take that required break to rejuvenate their energy again.—
Devlina Sarkar,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 July 2025
-
The Campbell County Republican Committee in Kentucky has been vacated by the state party due to its failure to hold a required organizational meeting.—
Jolene Almendarez,
The Enquirer,
2 July 2025
Adjective
-
The statute imposed various mandatory prison terms for violating the law.—
Nina Totenberg,
NPR,
9 July 2025
-
According to Vought, those figures include discretionary and mandatory spending included in the One Big, Beautiful Bill Act, which was signed into law by President Trump on Friday.—
Glenn Taylor,
Sourcing Journal,
9 July 2025
Adjective
-
Of course the private sector can price assets correctly of its own accord, and if riskless securities are necessary for this purpose, the private sector can produce them.—
Brian Domitrovic,
Forbes.com,
6 July 2025
-
Eduardo Cavaliere, Rio’s vice mayor, said in an interview that the rules were necessary to impose some order to a sometimes chaotic scene.—
Dado Galdieri,
New York Times,
6 July 2025
Cite this Entry
“Incumbent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/incumbent. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
Copy CitationLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
Share