immune
a person who is immune to a particular infection • Hypernyms: person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul • Hyponyms: carrier, immune carrier
1. relating to the condition of immunity - the immune system • Pertains to noun: immunity • Derivationally related forms: immunity 2. secure against - immune from taxation as long as he resided in Bermuda - immune from criminal prosecution • Similar to: exempt • Derivationally related forms: immunity 3. relating to or conferring immunity (to disease or infection) • Syn: resistant • Similar to: unsusceptible, insusceptible • Derivationally related forms: resistance (for: resistant), resist (for: resistant), immunity 4. (usually followed by 'to') not affected by a given influence - immune to persuasion • Similar to: unaffected • Derivationally related forms: immunity
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