Synonyms of spate

spate

noun

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