Definition for Yarn:

• Any spun thread esp. of kinds prepared for weaving, knitting, or ropemaking( y. -beam or roll, on which warp-threads are wound for weaving); ( colloq., esp. naut.) story, travellers tale, anecdote, rambling discourse, ( spin a y., yy., tell yy.; vb, spin yy.). [ old English]

Synonyms for Yarn:

• n.

  •
  • comedy,
  • detective,
  • adaptation,
  • classic,
  • drama,
  • twist.
  •
  • fabric,
  • fold,
  • crock,
  • alibi,
  • gather,
  • cock-and-bull story,
  • lie,
  • material.
  •account (noun)
  • reminiscence.
  •conversation (noun)
  • rap.
  •exaggeration (noun)
  • extravagance,
  • tall talk,
  • romance.
  •fairy tale (noun)
  • ghost story.
  •falsehood (noun)
  • Untruism.
  •fiber for knitting (noun)
  • spun wool,
  • flaxen thread,
  • fleece,
  • cotton fiber.
  •filament (noun)
  • filament,
  • hemp,
  • cilium,
  • fiber,
  • strand,
  • string.
  •prose (noun)
  • parable,
  • plainness,
  • myth,
  • episode,
  • plot,
  • chronicle,
  • serial,
  • retelling,
  • storyline,
  • prose,
  • prosaicness,
  • legend,
  • scenario,
  • allegory,
  • reading matter.

Antonyms for Yarn:

• n.

  • story, often long and made-up
    truth.

Hyponym for Yarn:

• v.

  • communication
    tell, recount, narrate, recite.