walk of life

noun

An occupation, role, social class, or lifestyle.

“Folks in our neighborhood come from every walk of life, prince and pauper, investor and janitor.”

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Meanings

nounwalk of life (plural walks of life)

plural walks of life

  1. idiomaticAn occupation, role, social class, or lifestyle.

    Folks in our neighborhood come from every walk of life, prince and pauper, investor and janitor.

    1 more example

    Nor is it good for the name of the railway industry that skilled men should have to put in so much overtime to keep up financially with the Joneses in other walks of life.

    1962 February, “Talking of Trains: Signalmen's rewards”, in Modern Railways, page 82

Synonyms & antonyms

nouncareers in general

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walk
Broader
careercallingvocation
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walk

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Bulgarian кръг, заная́т
  • кръг (krăg)occupation, role, class, or lifestyle
  • заная́т (zanaját)occupation, role, class, or lifestyle
  • по́прище (póprište)occupation, role, class, or lifestyle
Chinese Mandarin 各界人士, 各行各業 /各行各业
  • 各界人士 (gèjiè rénshì)occupation, role, class, or lifestyle
  • 各行各業 /各行各业 (gèhánggèyè)occupation, role, class, or lifestyle
  • 各個階層 /各个阶层 (gègè jiēcéng)occupation, role, class, or lifestyle
Finnish ammatti, elämänala
  • ammattioccupation, role, class, or lifestyle
  • elämänalaoccupation, role, class, or lifestyle
  • elämäntapaoccupation, role, class, or lifestyle
French milieu, horizon
  • milieuoccupation, role, class, or lifestyle
  • horizonoccupation, role, class, or lifestyle
Italian estrazione sociale
  • estrazione socialeoccupation, role, class, or lifestyle
Korean 신분, 직업
  • 신분 (sinbun)occupation, role, class, or lifestyle
  • 직업 (jigeop)occupation, role, class, or lifestyle
  • 사회 계층 (sahoe gyecheung)occupation, role, class, or lifestyle
Polish ścieżka życia
  • ścieżka życiaoccupation, role, class, or lifestyle
Russian заня́тие, о́браз жи́зни
  • заня́тие (zanjátije)occupation, role, class, or lifestyle
  • о́браз жи́зни (óbraz žízni)occupation, role, class, or lifestyle
Spanish clase social, condición social
  • clase socialoccupation, role, class, or lifestyle
  • condición socialoccupation, role, class, or lifestyle
  • condición vitaloccupation, role, class, or lifestyle
Cite this entry
APA

walk of life. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/walk%20of%20life

MLA

“walk of life.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/walk%20of%20life. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “walk of life,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/walk%20of%20life.

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