along for the ride

ADJECTIVE

phlegmatic

Synonyms

WEAK

apathetic blah cold cool deadpan desensitized disinterested dispassionate dull emotionless flat frigid groggy indifferent lethargic lifeless listless passionless passive sluggish uncompassionate undemonstrative unexcitable unfeeling uninvolved unresponsive

ADJECTIVE

unemotional

Synonyms

STRONGEST

deadpan dispassionate emotionless impassive laid-back reticent

WEAK

apathetic blah callous chill cold coldhearted cool flat frigid glacial going with the flow hard-boiled hard-hearted heartless indifferent insensitive listless marble obdurate passionless phlegmatic quiet reserved rolling with the punches thick-skinned uncompassionate undemonstrative unexcitable unfeeling unimpressionable unresponsive unsympathetic

Antonyms

STRONGEST

emotional feeling passionate

WEAK

caring excitable responsive

Example Sentences

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Depending on their tolerance levels, readers may or may not choose to go along for the ride.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

Time and again, the missions that matter most put a human face on the cosmos, allowing those watching from Earth to feel they too were along for the ride.

From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026

“I only asked permission to go to Houston. We win in Houston, he might get another text message if I can go along for the ride, but haven’t decided yet.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 14, 2026

It’s a pity that the rest of us have to be along for the ride.

From Salon • Mar. 14, 2026

Yet in my mind, it’s still along for the ride.

From "X: A Novel" by Ilyasah Shabazz

along for the ride

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