incumbent
/in-KUM-bunt/adjectivecurrently holding office; necessary as a duty
“The incumbent mayor faces three challengers.”
- Synonyms
- current, sitting, reigning
- Antonyms
- challenger
- Memory hook
- incumbere (lie upon): the seat currently lain upon.
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