What does immune mean?
Immune means (usually with "from") Exempt; not subject to..
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/ɪˈmjuːn/ · adjective
(usually with "from") Exempt; not subject to..
As a diplomat, you are immune from prosecution.
He had always been remarkably immune from such little ailments, and had only once in his life been ill, of a vicious pneumonia long ago at school. He hadn't the faintest idea what to with a cold in the head, he just took quinine and continued to blow his nose.
Bret Stephens believed that, by virtue of his comfortable position at the New York Times, he ought to be immune from insult or criticism.
I am immune to chicken pox.
Alas, he was immune to my charms.
[...] most of the original electrical signalling equipment has had to be replaced by apparatus immune to 50-cycle currents.
immune system
We examined the patient's immune response.
Use immune when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Immune means (usually with "from") Exempt; not subject to..
Common synonyms include -proof, exempt, immune, impenetrable.
Possible antonyms include susceptible, vulnerable, affectable, nonimmune.
As a diplomat, you are immune from prosecution.
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