Synonyms for spate

Noun

1. batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, muckle, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum, wad, whole lot, whole slew, large indefinite quantity, large indefinite amount

usage: (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"; "it must have cost plenty"

2. rush, spate, surge, upsurge, flow, flowing

usage: a sudden forceful flow

3. freshet, spate, flow, flowing

usage: the occurrence of a water flow resulting from sudden rain or melting snow