Definitions

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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I spent more than a decade in studios, realized I wasn’t going to be one of the talented few who make a living at it and drifted toward other work, carrying along the kind of disordered eating that often tags along for the ride.

From Salon

The quirky mash-up of sequins and flannel gets reenacted here, but this would be a richer movie if it explored why a Seattle grunge band rocketing toward mega-stardom would whisk this act along for the ride.

From Los Angeles Times

“I was along for the ride with these animals.”

From Los Angeles Times

He doesn’t expect market leadership will shift away from the tech pockets but more stocks will be “moving along for the ride.”

From MarketWatch

“I’m trying something new this time and bringing you along for the ride. So tell me, what would you change?”

From MarketWatch

along for the ride

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