Synonyms of the word

incumbent

• adj. Imposed on someone as an obligation, especially due to one's office.
• adj. Lying; resting; reclining; recumbent.
• adj. Prevalent, prevailing, predominant.
• adj. (botany, geology) Resting on something else; in botany, said of anthers when lying on the inner side of…
• adj. (zoology) Bent downwards so that the ends touch, or rest on, something else.
• adj. Being the current holder of an office or a title.
• n. The current holder of an office, such as ecclesiastical benefice or an elected office.
• n. (business) A holder of a position as supplier to a market or market segment that allows the holder to…

current

• n. The part of a fluid that moves continuously in a certain direction.
• n. (electricity) The time rate of flow of electric charge.
• n. A tendency or a course of events.
• adj. Existing or occurring at the moment.
• adj. Generally accepted, used, practiced, or prevalent at the moment.
• adj. (obsolete) Running or moving rapidly.

functionary

• n. A person employed as an official in a bureaucracy (usually corporate or governmental) who holds limited…
• n. A paper-pusher, bean counter.

necessary

• adj. Required, essential, whether logically inescapable or needed in order to achieve a desired result or avoid…
• adj. Unavoidable, inevitable.
• adj. (obsolete) Determined, involuntary: acting from compulsion rather than free will.
• n. (Britain, archaic euphemistic, usually with the definite article) A place to do the "necessary" business…

officeholder

• n. A person who holds an office, especially one appointed or elected to a public office; an incumbent.

official

• adj. Of or pertaining to an office or public trust.
• adj. Derived from the proper office or officer, or from the proper authority; made or communicated by virtue…
• adj. Approved by authority; authorized.
• adj. sanctioned by the pharmacopoeia; appointed to be used in medicine; officinal.
• adj. Discharging an office or function.
• adj. Relating to an office; especially, to a subordinate executive officer or attendant.
• adj. Relating to an ecclesiastical judge appointed by a bishop, chapter, archdeacon, etc., with charge of the…
• adj. True, real, beyond doubt.
• n. An office holder invested with powers and authorities.
• n. A person responsible for applying the rules of a game or sport in a competition.

superjacent

• adj. Positioned immediately above or on top of something else; overlying.