ramped

Built with slopes

Ramped describes something built or arranged with a slope or incline: a ramped walkway for wheelchair access.

More commonly, ramped appears in the phrasal verb ramped up, meaning increased or intensified: Production ramped up before the holiday season.

The past tense works similarly: They ramped up security after the threat.

escalated

intensified

Made more extreme

heightened · boosted · increased · elevated · expanded · multiplied · magnified · rocketed · soared · exacerbated

inclined

slope

Angled terrain or steepness

angle · tilt · ascent · pitch · rise · grade · sloped · angled · banked · graded

accessibility

wheelchair

Seated conveyance for mobility-impaired

entryway · inclusion

production

scaled

Climbed or plated

throughput · volume · factory · assembly · operations · rollout · deployment · launch

skateboarding

halfpipe

U-shaped ramp for tricks

kicker · funbox · transition · lip · coping · drop-in · roll-in · airtime · grind · rails

Opposites
incline structure

rampedstepped

Moved foot forward

flat · level · staircased · laddered · horizontal

intensity trajectory

rampedwound down

Gradually reduced activity

scaled back · de-escalated · phased out · diminished · decreased

surface gradient

rampedflat

Lacking vertical variation

level · horizontal · flush · even · uninclined

Phrases
Family

ramp, ramps, ramping, ramp-up

Familiarity
Top 100,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G