Synonyms of spate

spate

noun

ˈspāt 

1

as in flood

a great flow of water or of something that overwhelms

a spate of words has been published on this controversial topic

Synonyms & Similar Words

• flood
• torrent
• influx
• stream
• deluge
• inundation
• tide
• avalanche
• river
• overflow
• bath
• blizzard
• flood tide
• Niagara
• cataract
• waterfall
• cataclysm
• current
• cascade
• outpouring
• outflow
• alluvion
• inflow
• glut
• washout
• cloudburst
• flux
• gush
• surplus
• flush
• surfeit
• discharge
• excess
• overabundance
• oversupply
• engulfment
• superabundance
• superfluity
• overage
• overkill
• overmuch

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• drought
• drouth
• trickle
• drip
• dribble

2

as in slew

a considerable amount

an off-color remark that drew a spate of complaints from TV viewers

Synonyms & Similar Words

• slew
• loads
• dozen
• ton
• plenty
• raft
• bunch
• deal
• pile
• chunk
• lot
• wealth
• quantity
• abundance
• hundred
• stack
• myriad
• bundle
• reams
• profusion
• truckload
• mountain
• heap
• all kinds (of)
• bucket
• carload
• mass
• boatload
• volume
• sheaf
• yard
• fistful
• shipload
• multiplicity
• passel
• lashings
• quite a bit
• good deal
• flood
• plenitude
• gobs
• pot
• barrel
• scads
• bushel
• rash
• thousands
• pack
• basketful
• mess
• sight
• store
• peck
• potful
• wad
• oodles
• plateful
• lashins
• much
• plague
• plentitude
• deluge
• epidemic
• score
• surfeit
• plethora
• multitude
• surplus
• bevy
• overabundance
• bonanza
• sea
• excess
• oversupply
• embarrassment
• overflow
• swarm
• host
• horde
• throng
• superabundance
• million
• crowd
• army
• flock
• superfluity
• redundancy
• press
• legion
• drove
• mob
• overkill
• crush
• overage
• herd
• zillion
• cram
• gazillion
• overmuch
• jillion
• trillion
• kazillion

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• handful
• sprinkling
• suspicion
• strain
• bit
• streak
• spot
• taste
• ray
• touch
• hint
• grain
• shadow
• trace
• nip
• ace
• sprinkle
• mouthful
• ounce
• glimmer
• dram
• fragment
• pinch
• smattering
• particle
• shade
• mite
• molecule
• pittance
• peanuts
• scrap
• speck
• tad
• modicum
• atom
• dab
• whit
• granule
• lick
• scruple
• dot
• mote
• shred
• jot
• section
• drop
• crumb
• iota
• scintilla
• shot
• driblet
• dash
• little
• tittle
• shortage
• portion
• smidgin
• smidgeon
• piece
• absence
• smidge
• smidgen
• lack
• dearth
• paucity
• scarcity
• morsel
• fleck
• flyspeck
• poverty
• famine
• nubbin
• smatter
• deficiency
• deficit
• inadequacy
• insufficiency
• want
• undersupply
• scarceness
• scantiness
• scantness
• skimpiness
• meagerness

Examples of spate in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The company has faced a spate of lawsuits in recent years, along with federal probes into its marketing practices. —Alexa Mikhail, Fortune, 27 July 2024

Since 1992, federal, state, and local authorities have tried to toughen carjacking laws in response to spates of violent carjackings — including some incidents in which victims were murdered. —Shahid Meighan, USA TODAY, 25 July 2024

The recent spate of human infections among Colorado poultry workers is notable, given that H5N1 has been plaguing poultry farms in the US since January 2022. —Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 22 July 2024

But the recent spate of incidents has those in the industry starting to wonder — What’s simply a stretch of bad weather and what is climate change? —David Browne, Rolling Stone, 12 Aug. 2024