Dictionary Entry
incumbent
incumbent is a 9-letter English word with 9 senses as adjective and noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Lying; resting; reclining; recumbent; superimposed; superincumbent. Face value is 15 in Scrabble and 21 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
9 letters · Scrabble 15 · Words With Friends 21 · 9 senses
Definitions
- 1adjective
Lying; resting; reclining; recumbent; superimposed; superincumbent.
- 2adjective
Lying, resting, or imposed, as a duty or obligation; obligatory; always with on or upon.
- 3adjective
Leaning or resting; -- said of anthers when lying on the inner side of the filament, or of cotyledons when the radicle lies against the back of one of them.
- 4adjective
Bent downwards so that the ends touch, or rest on, something else; as, the incumbent toe of a bird.
- 5noun
A person who is in present possession of a benefice or of any office.
- 6noun
the official who holds an office
Synonyms
- 7adjective
currently holding an office
"the incumbent governor"
- 8adjective
necessary (for someone) as a duty or responsibility; morally binding
"it is incumbent on them to pay their own debts"
- 9adjective
lying or leaning on something else
"an incumbent geological formation"
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