diff --git a/monai/metrics/metric.py b/monai/metrics/metric.py
index a6dc1a49a2..249b2dc951 100644
--- a/monai/metrics/metric.py
+++ b/monai/metrics/metric.py
@@ -37,6 +37,9 @@ def __call__(self, *args: Any, **kwargs: Any) -> Any:
         """
         raise NotImplementedError(f"Subclass {self.__class__.__name__} must implement this method.")
 
+    def __str__(self):
+        return self.__class__.__name__
+
 
 class IterationMetric(Metric):
     """