Synonyms of spates

spates

noun

plural of spate

1

as in floods

a great flow of water or of something that overwhelms

a spate of words has been published on this controversial topic

Synonyms & Similar Words

• floods
• torrents
• inundations
• streams
• tides
• influxes
• deluges
• rivers
• overflows
• avalanches
• blizzards
• baths
• flood tides
• cataracts
• cataclysms
• waterfalls
• Niagaras
• outpourings
• cloudbursts
• alluvions
• currents
• outflows
• cascades
• inflows
• washouts
• fluxes
• flushes
• discharges
• gushes
• excesses
• surpluses
• gluts
• engulfments
• overages
• surfeits
• superfluities
• oversupplies
• overmuch
• overabundances
• overkills
• superabundances

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• droughts
• drips
• drouths
• trickles
• dribbles

2

as in loads

a considerable amount

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• loads
• tons
• piles
• deals
• chunks
• bunches
• quantities
• hundreds
• slews
• dozens
• dozen
• lots
• rafts
• wealths
• bundles
• stacks
• abundances
• plenties
• masses
• myriads
• reams
• buckets
• hundred
• heaps
• mountains
• carloads
• volumes
• yards
• lashings
• bushels
• fistfuls
• truckloads
• pecks
• shiploads
• scads
• barrels
• all kinds (of)
• floods
• multiplicities
• profusions
• gobs
• boatloads
• stores
• pots
• oodles
• sheaves
• wads
• quite a bit
• packs
• platefuls
• sights
• basketfuls
• good deals
• messes
• lashins
• potfuls
• much
• plagues
• rashes
• epidemics
• basketsful
• plenitudes
• embarrassments
• excesses
• seas
• deluges
• thousands
• passels
• swarms
• surpluses
• multitudes
• scores
• plentitudes
• bonanzas
• overflows
• redundancies
• millions
• hordes
• flocks
• hosts
• throngs
• crowds
• superfluities
• armies
• surfeits
• oversupplies
• overages
• mobs
• million
• herds
• legions
• crushes
• droves
• overmuch
• presses
• overkills
• overabundances
• bevies
• trillions
• zillions
• plethoras
• superabundances
• gazillions
• crams
• jillions
• kazillions

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• strains
• streaks
• shadows
• fragments
• spots
• sprinklings
• handfuls
• rays
• suspicions
• shades
• bits
• driblets
• mouthfuls
• hints
• tastes
• touches
• ounces
• scruples
• drams
• glimmers
• traces
• particles
• specks
• mites
• molecules
• nips
• grains
• dabs
• atoms
• peanuts
• licks
• pinches
• sprinkles
• dots
• granules
• scraps
• aces
• flecks
• little
• crumbs
• shreds
• motes
• drops
• dashes
• sections
• pittances
• nubbins
• handsful
• smidges
• pieces
• shots
• smidgens
• smidgeons
• smatterings
• portions
• smidgins
• jots
• shortages
• morsels
• flyspecks
• absences
• whits
• famines
• tittles
• iotas
• modicums
• scarcities
• deficits
• lacks
• deficiencies
• scintillas
• smatters
• inadequacies
• wants
• insufficiencies
• poverties
• dearths
• undersupplies
• paucities