going with the flow

ADJECTIVE

unemotional

Synonyms

STRONGEST

deadpan dispassionate emotionless impassive laid-back reticent

WEAK

along for the ride apathetic blah callous chill cold coldhearted cool flat frigid glacial 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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It is often used in posts about being zen and going with the flow.

From Barron's • Mar. 23, 2026

I was going with the flow that day.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 29, 2024

She was probably the best thing about HBO’s disastrous “The Idol,” going with the flow as a talent manager sucked into the orbit of a sociopathic music producer.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 4, 2023

They’re used to big storms back home, so they’re going with the flow.

From Washington Times • Sep. 15, 2023

Nothing's changing, and I'm just rolling along, going with the flow.

From "Things Not Seen" by Andrew Clements

going with the flow

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