incumbent | Definition of incumbent

Synonyms and Antonyms 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 of incumbent

compulsory, forced, imperative, involuntary, mandatory, necessary, nonelective, obligatory, peremptory, required

Words Related to incumbent

all-important, essential, indispensable, needed, requisite

insistent, persistent, pressing, urgent

demanded, enforced

Near Antonyms of incumbent

chosen, discretionary

dispensable, unnecessary, unneeded, unwanted

inconsequential, insignificant, nonessential, unimportant

Antonyms of incumbent

elective, optional, voluntary