flood, inundation, deluge, torrent

an overwhelming number or amount; "a flood of requests"; "a torrent of abuse"

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