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 pretender pretender /priːˈtɛndɝ/

noun

  1. A person who professes beliefs and opinions that he or she does not hold in order to conceal his or her real feelings or motives  ( dissembler , dissimulator , phoney , hypocrite , phony [ N. American] , pretender )
    a person who professes beliefs and opinions that he or she does not hold in order to conceal his or her real feelings or motives
      Despite his public stance on honesty, John was a hypocrite who lied frequently.
    Despite his public stance on honesty, John was a hypocrite who lied frequently.
  2. A person who makes deceitful pretenses  ( fake , imposter , impostor , pretender , pseud , pseudo , role player , sham , shammer , faker , fraud )
    a person who makes deceitful pretenses

 Pretender

  1. A claimant to the throne or to the office of ruler (usually without just title)  ( Pretender )
    a claimant to the throne or to the office of ruler (usually without just title)


 Frick Frick /ˈfrɪk/

noun

  1. United States industrialist who amassed a fortune in the steel industry (1849-1919)  ( Frick , Henry Clay Frick )
    United States industrialist who amassed a fortune in the steel industry (1849-1919)


 cereal cereal /ˈsɪriːəl/

adjective

  1. Made of grain or relating to grain or the plants that produce it  ( cereal )
    made of grain or relating to grain or the plants that produce it
     A cereal beverage
    a cereal beverage
     Cereal grasses
    cereal grasses

noun

  1. A breakfast food prepared from grain  ( cereal )
    a breakfast food prepared from grain
     I usually have a bowl of cereal for breakfast
    I usually have a bowl of cereal for breakfast
  2. Foodstuff prepared from the starchy grains of cereal grasses  ( cereal , food grain , grain )
    foodstuff prepared from the starchy grains of cereal grasses
      Wheat is a commonly cultivated grain used to make bread and pasta.
    Wheat is a commonly cultivated grain used to make bread and pasta.
  3. Grass whose starchy grains are used as food: wheat; rice; rye; oats; maize; buckwheat; millet  ( cereal , cereal grass )
    grass whose starchy grains are used as food: wheat; rice; rye; oats; maize; buckwheat; millet
     I love to start my day with a bowl of cereal and milk
    I love to start my day with a bowl of cereal and milk