diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index 104a4b49500ae..2596515ccedda 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -246,6 +246,10 @@ Deprecated or removed
 
   * The unexported type `AbstractIOBuffer` has been renamed to `GenericIOBuffer` ([#17360] [#22796]).
 
+  * Remaining vectorized methods over `SparseVector`s, particularly `floor`, `ceil`,
+    `trunc`, `round`, and most common transcendental functions such as `exp`, `log`, and
+    `sin` variants, have been deprecated in favor of dot-syntax ([#22961]).
+
   * The method `String(io::IOBuffer)` is deprecated to `String(take!(copy(io)))` ([#21438]).
 
   * The function `readstring` is deprecated in favor of `read(io, String)` ([#22793])
@@ -885,7 +889,9 @@ Command-line option changes
 <!--- generated by NEWS-update.jl: -->
 [#265]: https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/265
 [#4615]: https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/4615
+[#6466]: https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/6466
 [#7669]: https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/7669
+[#8470]: https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/8470
 [#8974]: https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/8974
 [#9343]: https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/9343
 [#10946]: https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/10946
@@ -893,6 +899,7 @@ Command-line option changes
 [#11310]: https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/11310
 [#12274]: https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/12274
 [#12563]: https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/12563
+[#13079]: https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/13079
 [#15850]: https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/15850
 [#16213]: https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/16213
 [#16378]: https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/16378
@@ -902,9 +909,11 @@ Command-line option changes
 [#16986]: https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/16986
 [#17057]: https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/17057
 [#17155]: https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/17155
+[#17240]: https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/17240
 [#17261]: https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/17261
 [#17265]: https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/17265
 [#17302]: https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/17302
+[#17360]: https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/17360
 [#17599]: https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/17599
 [#17607]: https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/17607
 [#17623]: https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/17623
@@ -932,6 +941,7 @@ Command-line option changes
 [#18628]: https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/18628
 [#18642]: https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/18642
 [#18644]: https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/18644
+[#18650]: https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/18650
 [#18660]: https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/18660
 [#18690]: https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/18690
 [#18754]: https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/18754
@@ -944,6 +954,7 @@ Command-line option changes
 [#18977]: https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/18977
 [#19018]: https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/19018
 [#19088]: https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/19088
+[#19089]: https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/19089
 [#19157]: https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/19157
 [#19233]: https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/19233
 [#19239]: https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/19239
@@ -1037,6 +1048,7 @@ Command-line option changes
 [#20500]: https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/20500
 [#20530]: https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/20530
 [#20543]: https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/20543
+[#20549]: https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/20549
 [#20575]: https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/20575
 [#20609]: https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/20609
 [#20889]: https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/20889
@@ -1044,10 +1056,17 @@ Command-line option changes
 [#20974]: https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/20974
 [#21183]: https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/21183
 [#21359]: https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/21359
+[#21438]: https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/21438
+[#21450]: https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/21450
+[#21540]: https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/21540
+[#21592]: https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/21592
+[#21662]: https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/21662
 [#21692]: https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/21692
 [#21697]: https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/21697
+[#21709]: https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/21709
 [#21746]: https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/21746
 [#21759]: https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/21759
+[#21774]: https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/21774
 [#21818]: https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/21818
 [#21825]: https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/21825
 [#21956]: https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/21956
@@ -1058,6 +1077,7 @@ Command-line option changes
 [#22038]: https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/22038
 [#22062]: https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/22062
 [#22064]: https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/22064
+[#22092]: https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/22092
 [#22182]: https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/22182
 [#22187]: https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/22187
 [#22188]: https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/22188
@@ -1065,9 +1085,33 @@ Command-line option changes
 [#22224]: https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/22224
 [#22228]: https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/22228
 [#22245]: https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/22245
+[#22251]: https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/22251
+[#22274]: https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/22274
+[#22281]: https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/22281
+[#22296]: https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/22296
 [#22310]: https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/22310
+[#22325]: https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/22325
+[#22350]: https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/22350
+[#22496]: https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/22496
 [#22523]: https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/22523
 [#22532]: https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/22532
-[#22709]: https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/22709
+[#22588]: https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/22588
+[#22605]: https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/22605
+[#22666]: https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/22666
+[#22703]: https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/22703
 [#22712]: https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/22712
+[#22718]: https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/22718
+[#22723]: https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/22723
 [#22732]: https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/22732
+[#22751]: https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/22751
+[#22762]: https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/22762
+[#22793]: https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/22793
+[#22796]: https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/22796
+[#22800]: https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/22800
+[#22814]: https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/22814
+[#22829]: https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/22829
+[#22847]: https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/22847
+[#22868]: https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/22868
+[#22925]: https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/22925
+[#22961]: https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/22961
+[#23035]: https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/23035
diff --git a/base/deprecated.jl b/base/deprecated.jl
index bd90c1497825d..415bfa7277c2b 100644
--- a/base/deprecated.jl
+++ b/base/deprecated.jl
@@ -1565,6 +1565,23 @@ end
 #     remove parse-with-chains-warn and bitshift-warn
 # update precedence table in doc/src/manual/mathematical-operations.md
 
+# deprecate remaining vectorized methods over SparseVectors (zero-preserving)
+for op in (:floor, :ceil, :trunc, :round,
+        :log1p, :expm1,  :sinpi,
+        :sin,   :tan,    :sind,   :tand,
+        :asin,  :atan,   :asind,  :atand,
+        :sinh,  :tanh,   :asinh,  :atanh)
+    @eval @deprecate ($op)(x::AbstractSparseVector{<:Number,<:Integer}) ($op).(x)
+end
+# deprecate remaining vectorized methods over SparseVectors (not-zero-preserving)
+for op in (:exp, :exp2, :exp10, :log, :log2, :log10,
+        :cos, :cosd, :acos, :cosh, :cospi,
+        :csc, :cscd, :acot, :csch, :acsch,
+        :cot, :cotd, :acosd, :coth,
+        :sec, :secd, :acotd, :sech, :asech)
+    @eval @deprecate ($op)(x::AbstractSparseVector{<:Number,<:Integer}) ($op).(x)
+end
+
 # PR #22182
 @deprecate is_apple   Sys.isapple
 @deprecate is_bsd     Sys.isbsd
diff --git a/base/sparse/sparsevector.jl b/base/sparse/sparsevector.jl
index a3de2b2a45d58..80225e4d328c8 100644
--- a/base/sparse/sparsevector.jl
+++ b/base/sparse/sparsevector.jl
@@ -1063,17 +1063,6 @@ conj(x::SparseVector{<:Complex}) = SparseVector(length(x), copy(nonzeroinds(x)),
 imag(x::AbstractSparseVector{Tv,Ti}) where {Tv<:Real,Ti<:Integer} = SparseVector(length(x), Ti[], Tv[])
 @unarymap_nz2z_z2z imag Complex
 
-for op in [:floor, :ceil, :trunc, :round]
-    @eval @unarymap_nz2z_z2z $(op) Real
-end
-
-for op in [:log1p, :expm1,
-           :sin, :tan, :sinpi, :sind, :tand,
-           :asin, :atan, :asind, :atand,
-           :sinh, :tanh, :asinh, :atanh]
-    @eval @unarymap_nz2z_z2z $(op) Number
-end
-
 # function that does not preserve zeros
 
 macro unarymap_z2nz(op, TF)
@@ -1094,16 +1083,6 @@ macro unarymap_z2nz(op, TF)
     end)
 end
 
-for op in [:exp, :exp2, :exp10, :log, :log2, :log10,
-           :cos, :csc, :cot, :sec, :cospi,
-           :cosd, :cscd, :cotd, :secd,
-           :acos, :acot, :acosd, :acotd,
-           :cosh, :csch, :coth, :sech,
-           :acsch, :asech]
-    @eval @unarymap_z2nz $(op) Number
-end
-
-
 ### Binary Map
 
 # mode:
diff --git a/test/sparse/sparsevector.jl b/test/sparse/sparsevector.jl
index 04c4bcaf17e56..4a61940f53677 100644
--- a/test/sparse/sparsevector.jl
+++ b/test/sparse/sparsevector.jl
@@ -656,42 +656,39 @@ end
 
 ### Zero-preserving math functions: sparse -> sparse
 
-function check_nz2z_z2z(f::Function, x::SparseVector{T}, xf::Vector{T}) where T
-    R = typeof(f(zero(T)))
-    r = f(x)
-    isa(r, AbstractSparseVector) || error("$f(x) is not a sparse vector.")
-    eltype(r) == R || error("$f(x) results in eltype = $(eltype(r)), expect $R")
-    all(r.nzval .!= 0) || error("$f(x) contains zeros in nzval.")
-    Array(r) == f.(xf) || error("Incorrect results found in $f(x).")
-end
-
-for f in [floor, ceil, trunc, round]
-    check_nz2z_z2z(f, rnd_x1, rnd_x1f)
-end
-
-for f in [log1p, expm1,
-          sin, tan, sinpi, sind, tand,
-          asin, atan, asind, atand,
-          sinh, tanh, asinh, atanh]
-    check_nz2z_z2z(f, rnd_x0, rnd_x0f)
+x1operations = (floor, ceil, trunc, round)
+x0operations = (log1p,  expm1,  sinpi,
+                sin,    tan,    sind,   tand,
+                asin,   atan,   asind,  atand,
+                sinh,   tanh,   asinh,  atanh)
+
+for (spvec, densevec, operations) in (
+        (rnd_x0, rnd_x0f, x0operations),
+        (rnd_x1, rnd_x1f, x1operations) )
+    for op in operations
+        spresvec = op.(spvec)
+        @test spresvec == op.(densevec)
+        @test all(!iszero, spresvec.nzval)
+        resvaltype = typeof(op(zero(eltype(spvec))))
+        resindtype = Base.SparseArrays.indtype(spvec)
+        @test isa(spresvec, SparseVector{resvaltype,resindtype})
+    end
 end
 
 ### Non-zero-preserving math functions: sparse -> dense
 
-function check_z2nz(f::Function, x::SparseVector{T}, xf::Vector{T}) where T
-    R = typeof(f(zero(T)))
-    r = f(x)
-    isa(r, Vector) || error("$f(x) is not a dense vector.")
-    eltype(r) == R || error("$f(x) results in eltype = $(eltype(r)), expect $R")
-    r == f.(xf) || error("Incorrect results found in $f(x).")
-end
-
-for f in [exp, exp2, exp10, log, log2, log10,
-          cos, csc, cot, sec, cospi,
-          cosd, cscd, cotd, secd,
-          acos, acot, acosd, acotd,
-          cosh, csch, coth, sech, acsch, asech]
-    check_z2nz(f, rnd_x0, rnd_x0f)
+for op in (exp, exp2, exp10, log, log2, log10,
+        cos, cosd, acos, cosh, cospi,
+        csc, cscd, acot, csch, acsch,
+        cot, cotd, acosd, coth,
+        sec, secd, acotd, sech, asech)
+    spvec = rnd_x0
+    densevec = rnd_x0f
+    spresvec = op.(spvec)
+    @test spresvec == op.(densevec)
+    resvaltype = typeof(op(zero(eltype(spvec))))
+    resindtype = Base.SparseArrays.indtype(spvec)
+    @test isa(spresvec, SparseVector{resvaltype,resindtype})
 end