spate

Noun

Meaning

(often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent

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

a sudden forceful flow

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

mass peck mountain mickle mint deal lot sight stack rush batch surge pile plenty heap
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Antonyms

one ace whit pennyworth bit absence
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Hypernyms

flow flowing large indefinite amount large indefinite quantity

Hyponyms

flood inundation deluge onrush haymow torrent

Anagrams

paste septa aspet Pesta sepat speat stape tapes

Examples

In February of 1996, about six months after I created eBay, I started receiving a spate of complaints. Everyone was complaining about each other. I felt very much like I was a parent who had to adjudicate the brothers beating each other up. Pierre Omidyar

Rioting has always been a London tradition. It has been since the early Middle Ages. There's hardly a spate of years that goes by without violent rioting of one kind or another. They happen so frequently that they are almost part of London's texture. Peter Ackroyd

a batch of letters Source: Internet

a deal of trouble Source: Internet

a lot of money Source: Internet

he made a mint on the stock market Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

spatchcocked spatchcocking spatcheler spatfall spath spatha