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spatenoun a great flow of water or of something that overwhelmsa spate of words has been published on this controversial topic alluvion, bath, cataclysm, cataract, deluge, flood, flood tide, inundation, Niagara, overflow, torrent current, river, stream, tidecloudburst, discharge, flush, gush, outflow, outpouringflux, inflow, influxengulfment, washoutavalanche, blizzardcascade, waterfallexcess, glut, overabundance, overage, overkill, overmuch, oversupply, superabundance, superfluity, surfeit, surplus drought(also drouth) dribble, drip, trickle a considerable amountan off-color remark that drew a spate of complaints from TV viewers abundance, barrel, basketful, boatload, bucket, bunch, bundle, bushel, carload, chunk, deal, dozen, fistful, gobs, good deal, heap, hundred, lashings(also lashins, chiefly British), loads, lot, mass, mess, mountain, much, multiplicity, myriad, oodles, pack, passel, peck, pile, plateful, plenitude, plentitude, plenty, pot, potful, profusion, quantity, raft, reams, scads, sheaf, shipload, sight, slew, stack, store, ton, truckload, volume, wad, wealth, yard epidemic, plague, rashbonanza, embarrassment, excess, overabundance, overage, overkill, overmuch, oversupply, plethora, redundancy, superabundance, superfluity, surfeit, surplusdeluge, flood, overflowarmy, bevy, cram, crowd, crush, drove, flock, herd, horde, host, legion, mob, multitude, press, score, sea, swarm, thronggazillion, jillion, kazillion, million, thousands, trillion, zillion all kinds (of), quite a bit ace, bit, dab, dram, driblet, glimmer, handful, hint, lick, little, mite, mouthful, nip, ounce, peanuts, pinch, pittance, scruple, shade, shadow, smidgen(also smidgeon or smidgin or smidge), speck, spot, sprinkle, sprinkling, strain, streak, suspicion, tad, taste, touch, trace atom, crumb, dot, fleck, flyspeck, fragment, grain, granule, iota, jot, modicum, molecule, mote, nubbin, particle, ray, scintilla, scrap, shred, tittle, whitsmatter, smatteringdash, drop, morsel, shotpiece, portion, sectionabsence, dearth, famine, lack, paucity, poverty, scarceness, scarcity, shortage, undersupply, wantdeficiency, deficit, inadequacy, insufficiency, meagerness, scantiness, scantness, skimpiness in the 15th century |