spate English

Meaning spate meaning

What does spate mean?

spate

— noun (= rush) a sudden forceful flow

— noun (= freshet) the occurrence of a water flow resulting from sudden rain or melting snow

— noun (= batch, deal, lot, mint, passel, plenty, slew, wad) (often followed by 'of') a large number or amount or extent a batch of letters a deal of trouble a lot of money he made a mint on the stock market see the rest of the winners in our huge passel of photos it must have cost plenty a slew of journalists a wad of money

Synonyms spate synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as spate?

spate English » English

flood

torrent

rush

surge

inundation

freshet

wad

upsurge

tidy sum

stack

slew

sight

shower

raft

quite a little

pot

plenty

pile

peck

passel

outpouring

muckle

mountain

mint

mickle

mess

mass

lot

heap

hatful

great deal

good deal

flock

downpour

deal

batch

waterspout

tidal wave

series

rash

rain shower

overflow

outburst

onslaught

invasion

heavy shower

gush

flooding

downfall

deluge

Topics spate topics

What do people use spate to talk about?

States Quantity Plural

Many, much

• What words indicate that many bad things are happening?
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