Phrase guide

walk of life

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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1

noun

Meaning 1

An occupation, role, social class, or lifestyle.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: idiomatic

Examples

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

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

careers in general

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • it happens in all walks of life

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: walk

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: career, calling, vocation

History

Etymology

No etymology was provided for this word.

Across languages

Translations

25 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: кръг (krǎg) — occupation, role, class, or lifestyle
  • Bulgarian: заная́т (zanaját) — occupation, role, class, or lifestyle
  • Bulgarian: по́прище (póprište) — occupation, role, class, or lifestyle
  • Chinese Mandarin: 各界人士 (gèjiè rénshì) — occupation, role, class, or lifestyle
  • Chinese Mandarin: 各行各業 /各行各业 (gèhánggèyè) — occupation, role, class, or lifestyle
  • Chinese Mandarin: 各個階層 /各个阶层 (gègè jiēcéng) — occupation, role, class, or lifestyle
  • Finnish: ammatti — occupation, role, class, or lifestyle
  • Finnish: elämänala — occupation, role, class, or lifestyle
  • Finnish: elämäntapa — occupation, role, class, or lifestyle
  • French: milieu — occupation, role, class, or lifestyle
  • French: horizon — occupation, role, class, or lifestyle
  • Italian: estrazione sociale — occupation, role, class, or lifestyle
  • Korean: 신분 (sinbun) — occupation, role, class, or lifestyle
  • Korean: 직업 (jigeop) — occupation, role, class, or lifestyle
  • Korean: 사회 계층 (sahoe gyecheung) — occupation, role, class, or lifestyle
  • Occitan: mitan — occupation, role, class, or lifestyle
  • Occitan: condicion — occupation, role, class, or lifestyle
  • Occitan: ambient — occupation, role, class, or lifestyle
  • Polish: ścieżka życia — occupation, role, class, or lifestyle
  • Russian: заня́тие (zanjátije) — occupation, role, class, or lifestyle
  • Russian: о́браз жи́зни (óbraz žízni) — occupation, role, class, or lifestyle
  • Serbo-Croatian: sfera života — occupation, role, class, or lifestyle
  • Spanish: clase social — occupation, role, class, or lifestyle
  • Spanish: condición social — occupation, role, class, or lifestyle
  • Spanish: condición vital — occupation, role, class, or lifestyle