Current and Incumbent

Current

Current adjective - Occurring in or belonging to the present time.

Usage example: current events

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Incumbent and current are semantically related in deed topic. In some cases you can use "Incumbent" instead the word "Current" as an adjective or a noun, when it comes to topics like active.

Nearby Words: currency, currently

Incumbent

Incumbent adjective - Currently holding an office.

Usage example: the incumbent governor

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Synonyms for Incumbent

Antonyms for Incumbent

Current and incumbent are semantically related in deed topic. You can use "Current" instead the word "Incumbent" as an adjective or a noun, if it concerns topics such as active.

Nearby Word: incumbency

Mutual synonyms

present

How words are described

popular	popular current	popular incumbent
powerful	powerful current	powerful incumbent
former	former current	former incumbent

Both words in one sentence

Then he turns, elaborating that he wants to run against the incumbent on a ticket with... current Vice-President Gaius Baltar.

Source: Trick Dialogue
Presumably his evil prior versions just stole whatever money they needed from their hapless victims, but the current Vegetarian Vampire incumbent doesn't prey on people and must resort to various hare-brained schemes to make money.

Source: Impoverished Patrician
The 18th-century satirical song "The Vicar of Bray" describes a clergyman living in a tumultuous period of history who always preaches that the current monarch rules by divine right and with noble principles, even if they overthrew the previous incumbent and have entirely opposed principles.

Source: Divine Right of Kings

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