line of work
What you do
A line of work is a person's occupation or profession—the type of job they do: What line of work are you in?
The phrase emphasizes the general field rather than a specific position: someone in the medical line of work might be a nurse, surgeon, or hospital administrator.
- businessCommercial activity or occupation
- careerLifelong occupational pursuit
- career pathProgression through occupations
- vocationDedicated career path
- métierOne's area of expertise
professional life · trade · field · calling · employment · job · craft · profession · practice · livelihood · bread and butter · specialization · pursuit · labor market · sector · occupation · nine to five · walk of life
- social classupper class, middle class, lower class, social class, class
line of workhobby
Recreational leisure activity
pastime · leisure activity · recreation · avocation · amusement
line of workunemployment
Being without paid work
joblessness · retirement · idleness · worklessness · inactivity
work, line, worker, working, works, lines, lined, outline, worked