All yarn synonyms

noun yarn

• storey — story2 .
• story — a narrative, either true or fictitious, in prose or verse, designed to interest, amuse, or instruct the hearer or reader; tale.
• tale — a narrative that relates the details of some real or imaginary event, incident, or case; story: a tale about Lincoln's dog.
• tall tale — far-fetched story
• shaggy-dog story — a funny story, traditionally about a talking dog, that, after an often long and involved narration of unimportant incidents, has an absurd or irrelevant punch line.
• fish story — an exaggerated or incredible story: It was just another one of his fish stories.
• anecdote — An anecdote is a short, amusing account of something that has happened.
• joke — something said or done to provoke laughter or cause amusement, as a witticism, a short and amusing anecdote, or a prankish act: He tells very funny jokes. She played a joke on him.
• adventure — If someone has an adventure, they become involved in an unusual, exciting, and rather dangerous journey or series of events.
• alibi — If you have an alibi, you can prove that you were somewhere else when a crime was committed.
• fable — a short tale to teach a moral lesson, often with animals or inanimate objects as characters; apologue: the fable of the tortoise and the hare; Aesop's fables.
• fabrication — the act or process of fabricating; manufacture.
• lie — Jonas, 1880–1940, U.S. painter, born in Norway.
• line — a thickness of glue, as between two veneers in a sheet of plywood.
• narrative — a story or account of events, experiences, or the like, whether true or fictitious.
• potboiler — a mediocre work of literature or art produced merely for financial gain.
• prose — the ordinary form of spoken or written language, without metrical structure, as distinguished from poetry or verse.
• song — Ailing [ahy-ling] /ˈaɪˈlɪŋ/ (Show IPA), Soong, Ai-ling.
• string — a slender cord or thick thread used for binding or tying; line.
• fairy tale — a story, usually for children, about elves, hobgoblins, dragons, fairies, or other magical creatures.
• song and dance — a story or statement, especially an untrue or misleading one designed to evade the matter at hand: Every time he's late, he gives me a song and dance about oversleeping.
• thread — a fine cord of flax, cotton, or other fibrous material spun out to considerable length, especially when composed of two or more filaments twisted together.
• fibre — a fine, threadlike piece, as of cotton, jute, or asbestos.
• fiber — a fine, threadlike piece, as of cotton, jute, or asbestos.
• wool — the fine, soft, curly hair that forms the fleece of sheep and certain other animals, characterized by minute, overlapping surface scales that give it its felting property.
• fleece — the coat of wool that covers a sheep or a similar animal.
• twist — to combine, as two or more strands or threads, by winding together; intertwine.