Answer the following questions. Your answer should be clear and short.What are the major characteristics of English antonyms?

Answer the following questions. Your answer should be clear and short.What are the major characteristics of English antonyms?

ANTONYMS ARE CLASSIFIED ON THE BASIS OF SEMANTIC OPPOSITION: A WORD WHICH HAS MORE THAN ONE MEANING CAN HAVE MORE THAN ONE ANTONYM; ANTONYMS DIFFER IN SEMANTIC INCLUSION; CONTRARY TERMS ARE GRADABLE ANTONYMS, DIFFERING IN DEGREE OF INTENSITY, SO EACH HAS ITS OWN CORRESPONDING OPPOSITE.