Incumbent
Incumbent noun - The official who holds an office.
Top and incumbent are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Top" instead a noun "Incumbent".
Nearby Word: incumbency
Top
Top noun - A piece placed over an open container to hold in, protect, or conceal its contents.
Both words in one sentence
- The Senate selects the Vice President from the top two candidates: incumbent Spiro Agnew (Richard Nixons running mate) and Birch Bayh (John McKeithens running mate).
Source: Decided By One Vote -
In the election of 1800, which had over-the-top negative campaign rhetoric so nasty that makes modern election campaigning sound positively polite and genteel, Adams lost to Vice President Jefferson, becoming the first incumbent to lose reelection.
Source: Useful Notes / John Adams
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Top and Incumbent. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 10, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/incumbent/top
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