Synonyms for yarn
yɑrnyarn

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1. yarnnoun

   Synonyms:
   tale, story

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1. narration, recital, yarnnoun

   the act of giving an account describing incidents or a course of events

   "his narration was hesitant"

   Synonyms:
   narration, narrative, recitation, story, reading, recital, thread, tale

2. thread, yarnverb

   a fine cord of twisted fibers (of cotton or silk or wool or nylon etc.) used in sewing and weaving

   Synonyms:
   recital, narration, screw thread, thread, train of thought, ribbon

3. yarnverb

   tell or spin a yarn

Matched Categories

1. • Account
   • Tell

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1. yarnnoun

   Synonyms:
   woollen thread

2. yarnnoun

   Synonyms:
   [Colloquial.] story, tale

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1. yarnnoun

   Synonyms:
   worsted, warp, abb, spinel

   Associated words:
   skein

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1. List of paraphrases for "yarn":

   son, thread, spinning, ghazl, yarns, fil, wire, sons, flirtation, wool, hilo, fils

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1. Stephen Yates:

   I don't have particular sympathy for delegates who chose not to avail themselves of the opportunity in full committee, and then start spinning yarn about how this came about.

2. Ashley Hinson:

   She’s putting yarn shops and bakeries before the border, she's Zoomed with the Mexican president, but I think that sends the absolute wrong message to the men and women that are putting their lives on the line every day, not to mention the men and women and families that live in these communities along the border and the communities of Iowa -- every state is a border state.

3. Nick Merrill:

   While the GOP may want to spin a good yarn on this, let's not get tied up in knots, we wanted to accommodate the press, allow her to greet voters, and allow the press to be right there in the parade with her as opposed to preset locations. And that's what we did.